Media and image collections. This collection gives insight into the daily life of Company L and other soldiers in France and Luxemburg 1918 – 1919.   Other images and materials are historical to WWI.  Descriptions were often on the back of the images; they have been transcribed (not always verbatim).   Many images are in the US Army Signal Corps archives.  Additional collection items will be added.  Current as of October 2020.

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1917 United States:  1917 Camp Grant, Illinois & Camp Logan, Texas

1918 FRANCE:  1918 FRANCE ARRIVAL 33rd DIVISION

1918 FRANCE:  1918 FRANCE COMBAT RELATED

1918 -1919: FRANCE & LUXEMBOURG:  POSTWAR

1919:  UNITED STATES POSTWAR

MEDIA:  MISCELLANEOUS

Photos: PFC Frank C. MARES Collection (Camp Logan, Texas)

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Archived footage of the 33rd Division during World War I in France.
This is a 6 minute silent film.

 

Following the first video segments – At about 2 minutes 20 seconds – an ‘end of video’ message is displayed.  But then there are scenes of 33rd Division soldiers on the front lines.  Video includes the 33rd Division returning from France on the USS Mount Vernon in May 1919. It is the same ship that took them to France in May 1918. Our 132nd Infantry Regiment’s Company L soldiers are on the ship, and possibly in the front line scenes. Footage courtesy of the Illinois State Military Museum.