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  • Collection: Coffman Photo Album - Army of Occupation

Floyd Wilmer Coffman's life was changed by and he found new purpose in his wartime experience between 1917 and 1919. Wilmer, as he was known, hailed from the hamlet of East Point in Rockingham County, Virginia, where he was born on September 14,…

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Image shows a copy of Special Order: Number 221 which lists certain members of the Photographic Section No, 38 who are to be transferred to France.

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Image shows a copy of Special Order: Number 220 which lists certain members of the Photographic Section No, 38 who are to be promoted to rank of either Sergeant or Corporal.

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Caption below image reads "An Unusual Photograph Showing the American Supplies at La Mons, France." Image shows large amount of vehicles parked along with several warehouses.

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Image shows a color map of the Paris Metro line with the header "Offert Par la Belle Jardinière [French for Offered by the Beautiful Gardener]" The different locations of La Belle Jardinière department store are stamped on the map.

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Image shows US Army General John Pershing next to French General Philippe Pétain

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Image shows several soldiers using a radio while others sit or stand around watching them.

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Image shows a top view of a Type "C" changer camera which was used for Aerial reconnisance during World War I. The image lists and points out the different components of the camera.

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Image shows a F. & S. Aero Gun Camera including listing and point out the differnet components of the camera.

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Caption below image reads "The Kaiser visits his staff in Coblenz, Germany. Copy from a captured German photo."

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Aerial Photograph shows a forest amongst fields with a small manmade clearing.

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Aerial photograph shows a mining or logging operation amongst a forest.

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Aerial Photograph shows parked vehciles lined up in a field.

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Aerial photograph shows parked vehciles and a field of horses separated by railroad tracks. A river is visible to the left.

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Photograph shows a Kite Balloon with a basket attached below in flight.

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Image shows a Junkers J.I airplane from the front. On the side of the airplane "Junk J.L JFA 856/18" is written." Part of the armored plating is missing from the back of the plane.next to a shed.

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Image shows a Junkers J.I airplane from the side. On the side of the airplane "Junk J.L JFA 856/18" is written." Part of the armored plating is missing from the back of the plane. The plane is next to a shed.

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Image shows an aerial photograph of a castle on the side of a hill.

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Aerial photographs shows an airfield next to a river.

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Image shows a side view of a Type "E" camera which was used for Aerial reconnisance during World War I. The image lists and points out the different components of the camera.

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Image shows a side view of a Type "E" camera which was used for Aerial reconnisance during World War I. The image lists and points out the different components of the camera.

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Image shows a side view of a Type "C" changer camera which was used for Aerial reconnisance during World War I. The image lists and points out the different components of the camera.

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Image shows a F. & S. Aero Gun Camera including listing and point out the differnet components of the camera.

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Image shows a black and white map of trenches, roads, rivers, rail road tracks, and forests in the area of North East France stretching from the town of Noyon up to the city of Cambrai.

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Image shows several vehicles parked in a building with a sign above stating "drive slow."

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Image shows multiple oil drums around a tent.

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Image shows three towers and several buildings with cars parked besides them.

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Image shows a two story wooden building being propped up with wood planks.

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Image shows a long hangar with three towers behind it and a water tower.
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