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What America did

Chapter 3: ILLUSTRATIONS
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A concise panoramic account of the United States' mobilization and conduct during the world war, tracing the rapid enlargement and training of land, sea, and air forces and the creation of munitions, medical, and welfare systems for troops. It outlines logistics and transportation efforts to sustain forces overseas, naval cooperation and convoy operations, and the emergence of military aviation. The civilian side is described through financing, industrial conversion, food and fuel management, labor, women's wartime work, public information, and volunteer relief services. The narrative emphasizes organization, practical measures, and the popular spirit that animated the national effort.

ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE
Troop Transport Leaving New York for France Frontispiece
Cantonment Three Months after Construction was Begun 16
Training a Machine Gun Company 16
Interior of a Cantonment Library 64
Dock in a French Port Developed by the United States 72
Mobile Kitchen Back of the Front Lines 88
An American Big Gun in France 88
Troop Ships Entering Brest 105
Mine Barrage across the North Sea 112
Naval Gun on Railway Mount 128
Airplane Ambulance 152
American Flying Field in France 152
A Shipyard in the Making 192
The Fifty Shipways of the Same Yard 192
Wounded Men in a Hospital Weaving Rugs 232
Unloading Wheat at a French Port 248
In a Red Triangle Hut in the Battle Zone 288
A Pleasant Evening in a Hostess House 296
Salvation Army Lassies at the Front 296
Woman’s Land Army Members Sorting Potatoes 312
Training Camp of Woman’s Land Army 312
View from Washington Monument, August, 1917 340
Same View One Year Later 340