Field Artillery Training in the United States, 1918-1919

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Channel: US National Archives · 2016 · Education

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Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 9/18/1947-2/28/1964  (Most Recent)
Series: Historical Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985

Production Date: 1936

Scope & Content: 40th Div. troops at Camp Kearny, Calif:, exercise, practice boxing, load ammunition on caissons, and demonstrate artillery firing positions before Gen. Strong. At Fort Sill, Okla., tractors and caissons ford streams, and 3-inch field guns and 4.7 howitzers are moved into firing positions, loaded, and fired.

Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Phone: 301-837-3540, Fax: 301-837-3620, Email: [email protected]

National Archives Identifier: 24708
Local Identifier: 111-H-1203

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24708

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