WWI Uniforms, Insignia, (Distinguishing Marks), Rank, etc.

Officers Jacket

Detail of the collar of an aviator Officer's uniform.

Courtesy of the Indiana War Memorial

42nd Charles Bacon

Charles Bacon

Served in France during 1917 with the Ambulance Service attached to the French Army. Joined C Battery at Saint-Nazaire while on his way back home. Killed in action near Samogneux, France Octobr 24, 1918. Recommended for heroism citation.

The War Story of C Battery

ww1 infantry uniform

US Army Soldier
A United States Soldier Completely Equipped for Service. On his back this American fighting man carries his blanket roll, small shovel, bag, etc. His canteen is at his belt. He is armed with a .30 calibre U. S. Army rifle. Minimum weight for maximum efficiency is the principle upon which his whole outfit has been designed.

Source: History's Greatest War: A Pictorial Narrative by S. J. Duncan-Clark; Copyrighted 1919 by E. T. Townsend, p. 206.

General Pershing. From the Captain Albert T. Willis Collection, 1917-1919, PhC.21; World War I scenes in England and France associated with the 322nd Infantry and 81st Division, 1917-1919.

General John J. Pershing

Doughboys had some variations:

Olive drab wool tunics with a high stand up collar

wool breeches, tight at the calves

puttees, cloth leg wraps

Heavy trench boots

Brodie M1917 "Doughboy" helmet or a Montana-peak campaign hat

Siberian Soldier

Siberian Uniforms

yRoosevelts

1st Lt Harry S. Truman

Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, 35th Div.

US Navy uniforms in WW1

Navy Frank Murray USS Virginia

John Faulkner

Assigned to the Emergence Fleet in 1917.  Served aboard the tug Samoset in the Philadelphia Navy Yard.

 

Navy uniform
WomenYeomen
NavyYeomanetts

Women's yeoman uniforms  WW1