“Trench work, hand grenades, rifle grenades, stokes mortars, machine guns, auto rifles; the practical and tactical use of these are the order of the day.”

Letter of February 24th, 1918 from
1st Lt. Daniel Joseph Birmingham, 28th Inf., Co. M

Diary Courtesy of the
Col. Robert R. McCormick Research Center

Above: The men of the 18th Infantry participate in entrenching practice under war conditions. Gondrecourt, France, October 7th, 1917. Signal Corps Photograph Courtesy of the Colonel Robert R. McCormick Research Center