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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. ARLVC_171225_001.JPG: A Trench Ambulance on the Firing Line by Samuel Johnson Woolf, April 20, 1918
2. ARLVC_171225_020.JPG: American Women and World War I
3. ARLVC_171225_025.JPG: Navy Yeoman. Over 11,000 enlisted women served during WWI.
4. ARLVC_171225_026.JPG: Recruitment poster for the American Red Cross
5. ARLVC_171225_039.JPG: Spirit of American Doughboy In the 1920s, sculptor E.M. Viquesney produced many life-size monuments for city parks and public spaces nationwide similar to his design. Their popularity led Viquesney to create smaller statuettes as lamps, such as this one.
6. ARLVC_171225_042.JPG: African-Americans in World War I
7. ARLVC_171225_054.JPG: Private Henry Johnson, Section 25, Grave 64 was a member of the 93rd Division, 369th Infantry Regiment "Harlem Hellfighters." Discriminated against in life, Johnson posthumously received the Medal of Honor in 2015, a long-overdue recognition.
8. ARLVC_171225_061.JPG: The Aftermath of the Great War
9. ARLVC_171225_084.JPG: World War I Victory Medal: These service medals were awarded to all members of the United States Armed Forces who served in World War I. Displayed here is the Army and Navy versions of the World War I Victory Medal.
10. ARLVC_171225_088.JPG: Borne de la Terre Sacree (Sacred Soil from Verdun): In 1916, the French and German armies each sustained hundreds of thousands of casualties at the Battle of Verdun. After the war, the French sculptor Gaston Deblaize designed this contained to collect hold soil from the battlefield. The design comes from commemorative post-war milestones placed on the side of the road leading to the Verdun battlefield.
11. ARLVC_171225_092.JPG: Revolution in Technology
12. ARLVC_171225_114.JPG: Identification Tags of Major Norman Clifford Rogers: This identification disc (also known by the non-regulation term "dog tag"), belonged to Norman C. Rogers, a U.S. Army Major in the Corp of Engineers. Norman served in both World Wars> He died in 1965 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Section 37, Grave 4451.
13. ARLVC_171225_122.JPG: These items are typical of those left by foreign as well as domestic leaders and organizations at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in honor of America's fallen.
14. ARLVC_171225_152.JPG: This bugle was used by Army Sergeant Keith Clark to play "Taps" at the burial of President John F. Kennedy on November 25, 1963.
15. ARLVC_171225_168.JPG: Bringing Our Boys Home
16. ARLVC_171225_184.JPG: "One of the Marines" by Samuel Johnson Woolf, 1918
17. ARLVC_171225_192.JPG: Arlington National cemetery and World War I
18. ARLVC_171225_207.JPG: The grave of Frank Woodruff Buckles, the last surviving American veteran of World war I. He joined the US Army at age 17, deployed to France, and served as an ambulance and motorcycle driver. He died at age 110 on February 27, 2011 and was buried in Section 34, Grave 579-A, very close to General John Pershing.
19. ARLVC_171225_209.JPG: "Spirit of 1917"
20. ARLVC_171225_214.JPG: "A Machine-Gun Nest" by Samuel John Woolf, 1918
21. ARLVC_171225_226.JPG: Price of Freedom created by Greg Wyatt, 2011
22. ARLVC_171225_268.JPG: Doolittle Raid on Mainland Japan The Regensburg-Schweinfurt Mission Tuskegee Airmen Bomber Escort Over Europe Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
23. ARLVC_171225_276.JPG: Arlington National Cemetery Overview
24. ARLVC_171225_278.JPG: Created due to the unprecedented number of casualties caused by the Civil War, national cemeteries ensured proper burial for the nation's war dead. By 1866, ANC held, in honored rest, the remains of nearly 16,000 US service members.
25. ARLVC_171225_290.JPG: Establishment of the American Battle Monuments Commission
26. ARLVC_171225_294.JPG: General John J. Pershing at the dedication of the chapel at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery on May 30, 1937.
27. ARLVC_171225_296.JPG: The Montfaucon American Monument located in Lorraine, France. It commemorates America's victory in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. It was dedicated on August 1, 1937 and is maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
28. ARLVC_171225_298.JPG: American military cemetery at Suresnes, France, near France during the Memorial Day commemoration on May 30, 1919.
29. ARLVC_171225_299.JPG: Graves of fallen service members at the Somme American Cemetery
30. ARLVC_171225_304.JPG: Engulfed: World War I Explodes (1914-1917)
31. ARLVC_171225_310.JPG: Russian Infantry, circa 1914-15
32. ARLVC_171225_314.JPG: British recruitment poster referencing the threat of bombardment of British cities by German dirigible airships (blimps).
33. ARLVC_171225_317.JPG: A French soldier on watch, twenty meters from the German line in the Nursery Sector of the "Entente Cordiale" trench, southeast of Loos, France, December 22, 1915.
34. ARLVC_171225_319.JPG: Drawing of the RMS Lusitania as a second torpedo hits behind a gaping hole in the hull.
35. ARLVC_171225_330.JPG: Over There! The Yanks Arrive (1917-1918)
36. ARLVC_171225_336.JPG: U.S. soldiers on the move in France.
37. ARLVC_171225_342.JPG: United States Food Administration poster calling for Americans to conserve food for the war effort, 1917.
38. ARLVC_171225_345.JPG: Americans manning a trench on the western front, 1918
39. ARLVC_171225_351.JPG: Revolution in Technology
40. ARLVC_171225_353.JPG: Gun crew from Regimental Headquarters Company, 23rd Infantry, firing a 37mm gun during an advance against German entrenched positions, 1918.
41. ARLVC_171225_355.JPG: American gunners of the 6th Field Artillery, 1st Division, working at top speed.
42. ARLVC_171225_357.JPG: U.S. submarines alongside the USS Bushnell at Berehaven, Ireland.
43. ARLVC_171225_363.JPG: French soldiers making a gas and flame attack on German trenches in Flanders, Belgium.
44. ARLVC_171225_365.JPG: Americans driving French-build Renault tanks going forward to the battle line in the Argonne Forest, September 26, 1918.
45. ARLVC_171225_371.JPG: Bringing Our Boys Home
46. ARLVC_171225_376.JPG: A temporary home for the war dead. The morgue at Antwerp, Belgium.
47. ARLVC_171225_378.JPG: From 1920-1921, more than 3,000 service members were disinterred from temporary cemeteries in Europe and returned for burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
48. ARLVC_171225_380.JPG: Temporary American military cemetery, Cheppy, France
49. ARLVC_171225_382.JPG: U.S. burial party disinterring the remains of a service member from a battlefield grave.
50. ARLVC_171225_390.JPG: Here Rests in Honored Glory: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
51. ARLVC_171225_392.JPG: General of the Armies John J. Pershing placing soil from the battlefields of France into the crypt.
52. ARLVC_171225_395.JPG: Soldiers load the flag-draped casket of the Unknown Soldier onto a train in France, 1921.
53. ARLVC_171225_397.JPG: The original Tomb of the Unknown Solider as it looked until 1932
54. ARLVC_171225_399.JPG: Marines placing a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, circa 1927
55. ARLVC_171225_401.JPG: The Unknown Soldier lying in state in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol.
56. ARLVC_171225_403.JPG: Arlington iconic cast metal sign directing visitors to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
57. ARLVC_171225_406.JPG: "A Trench Ambulance on the Firing Line" by Samuel Johnson Woolf, April 20, 1918
58. ARLVC_171225_415.JPG: Partners in Commemoration: ANC and ABMC
59. ARLVC_171225_418.JPG: General John J. Pershing's gravesite located in Section 34, Grave # S-19-LH. Given the opportunity for a more elaborate burial, Pershing elected a simple soldier's marker overlooking the men he led in World War I.
60. ARLVC_171225_421.JPG: Grave markers at the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery in France. Unlike national cemeteries located in the United States, American Battle Monument Commission headstones are in the shape o a Latin Cross or Star of David.
61. ARLVC_171225_422.JPG: Boy Scouts decorating graves with flags on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery.
62. ARLVC_171225_424.JPG: Graves in Section 18 of Arlington National Cemetery
63. ARLVC_171225_426.JPG: Snow covered graves at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri. It is one of more than 130 cemeteries administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
64. ARLVC_171225_428.JPG: St. Mihiel American Cemetery, in France.
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2017 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Overnight trips this year: Civil War Trust conferences in Pensacola, FL, Chattanooga, TN (via sites in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee) and Fredericksburg, VA, a family reunion in The Dells, Wisconsin (via sites in Ohio, Indiana, and Wisconsin), New York City, and my 12th consecutive San Diego Comic Con trip (including sites in Arizona). For some reason, several of my photos have been published in physical books this year which is pretty cool. Ones that I know about: "Tarzan, Jungle King of Popular Culture" (David Lemmo), "The Great Crusade: A Guide to World War I American Expeditionary Forces Battlefields and Sites" (Stephen T. Powers and Kevin Dennehy), "The American Spirit" (David McCullough), "Civil War Battlefields: Walking the Trails of History" (David T. Gilbert), "The Year I Was Peter the Great: 1956 — Khrushchev, Stalin's Ghost, and a Young American in Russia" (Marvin Kalb), and "The Judge: 26 Machiavellian Lessons" (Ron Collins and David Skover). Number of photos taken this year: just below 560,000.
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