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ON THE BATTLEFIELD

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COLONIAL TROOPS

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Salonique

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Annamite soldier, French Colonial Marine Inf., Cochin China

Salonika Campaign

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

US National Archives Record Group 165:

Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 - 1952;

Series: British Photographs of World War I, 1914 - 1918

(Photo Section British War Museum).

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Salonique

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Annamites of French Colonial Marine Infantry landing at Salonika

Salonika Campaign

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

US National Archives Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 - 1952;

Series: British Photographs of World War I, 1914 - 1918

(Photo Section British War Museum).

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Members of Chinese Labour Corps leaving Tsingtau for France 1918

Thousands of Chinese coolies were recruited to go to France for the reconstruction of Europe.

Initial training was conducted in Canada.

Then they traveled to Jamaica via Panama Canal, a stop over in New York City and then on to France.

Source: 'With the Chinks, by Daryl Klein, 2nd Lieutenant in the Chinese Labour Corps' 1919.

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Chinese Labor Corps recruits leaving for Canada on their way to France 1914

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Chinese recruits undergoing training in Canada 1914

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Mesves

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Indo-chinese ready to work on construction of American hospital, Mesves Bulcy, Nièvre, France

11-21-18

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

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Mesves

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Chinese prisoner coming out of the prison dugout, Mesves Bulcy, Nièvre, France

11-21-18

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

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Mesves

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Barracks for Indo-chinese at Mesves Bulcy, France

11-21-18

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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111

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German Prison Camp

Photograph shows Indian troops who were captured in Europe in a German prison camp during World War I.(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014 and the Sunday Oregonian July 2, 1916)

between ca. 1915 and ca. 1916

Bain News Service, publisher

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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