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Doctors use an x-ray machine on a wounded soldier at a French field hospital.

Soldiers onboard a transport ship.

A Navy press release that chronicles a Navy Custom, "Christmas Cheer for the Kiddies!"

A World War I advertisement calls on those who are not serving their country to fulfill their duty by purchasing War Saving Stamps.

Fresh from the battlefields of France, American soldiers reunite with their wives and newly born children.

A Belgium family poses in front of a wall within the city limits of Dinant, where Germans frequently executed Belgian resistors.

Navy recruits form to create a live version of their base insignia and to celebrate reaching 100,000 recruits trained at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station during World War I.

Soldiers carry the body of a fallen brother from a naval transport, bringing him closer to his final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery.

A wagon carries the body of an unknown soldier to its final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery.

Front view of the U.S.S. Pennsylvania's deck and gun batteries. The U.S.S. Pennsylvania was present at the bombing of Pearl Harbor and continued to serve throughout World War I and World War II.

American troops prepare to leave Brest, France for the United States.

President Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921), French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, and British Prime Minister Lloyd George leave the Palace of Versailles after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

An advertisement from the U.S. government calls on women to preserve material and save money to help the country during World War I.

A poster from the Interchurch World Movement shows a woman and child praying together. The Interchurch World Movement (1919-1920) was established in the aftermath of World War I and sought to help spread Christianity through missionary work around…

An advertisement from the American Red Cross seeks aid from the people of Sangamon County for "Our boys at the front" during World War I.

An advertisement for women to apply for membership in the World Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Land Service Committee. Established in England in 1885 to advocate for social and economic improvement for women, the YWCA became the largest…

An advertisement from the American Red Cross honors the ultimate sacrifice made by three World War I soldiers. Merle David Hay, Thomas Francis Enright, and James Bethel Gresham were the first American soldiers killed in action in France during World…

Soldiers in training at Camp Dix, New Jersey, enter mock trenches for tear gas exercises.

View of a American submarine in dry dock.

Navy recruits learn to tie knots.

A World War I promotion of the Fourth Liberty Loan bond campaign depicts a German soldier abducting a young woman as a town burns in the background.

An advertisement from the American Red Cross pleads to Americans to join and help the Allied forces "fighting our fight" during World War I.

A soldier stands above the grave of Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States (1901-1909). Quentin flew for the 95th American Aero Squadron in World War I, finally meeting his demise in…

An advertisement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture offers valuable "information on the raising and care of poultry and eggs."

Soldiers in France work to complete a pontoon bridge.