textiles and personal equipage at the u.s. army heritage museum and the armor to heritage and education center. this exhibit is not meant to give a history of all of the various campaigns that the u.s. army participated in, in particular. it was meant to basically take the visitor coming in the front door here and walking them through how a a soldier would have gotten from stateside wherever they were liing to the living to the frontline infantry unit or support unit. we highlighted various amounts of soldiers and branches of the military from that point up until the end, to the armistice. in this particular mannequin scene, we really wanted to just show off how dirty world war one world war i could be. when you re digging in the mud, in the dirt and trying to get underground as quickly as possible, it was a perfect example of a what these guys were dealing with when they were over there. in this particular case, we re just trying to show a u.s. army soldier out trying to
american soldier in the great war. this is about 50 minutes. welcome. i am curator of uniforms and textiles and personal equipage at the u.s. army heritage museum and education center. this exhibit is not meant to give a history of all of the various campaigns that the u.s. army participated in, in particular. it was meant to basically take the visitor coming in the front door here and walking them through how a a soldier would have gotten from stateside wherever they were living to the front lines, if they were frontline infantry unit or support unit. and we highlight various amounts of soldiers and branches of the military from that point up until the end, to the armistice. in this particular mannequin scene, we really wanted to just show off how dirty world war one could be. when you re digging in the mud, in the dirt and trying to get underground as quickly as possible, it was a perfect example of a what these guys were dealing with when they were over there. in this pa
different uniforms for the loyalist corps which were fairly with escribed, as contemporary sources. you always have a problem with what the standard regulation was and what actually happened. if there were shortages. you know, the loyalist corps, they weren t as priority as the british regulars. so if there was a shortage in colors they may not have gotten their scarlet color and went on for green for longer. so it was our relationship with the dealer and working through his his process that made us pretty confident that it is james delancey. all right. well, thank you very much. i hope y all come up and take a look more closely at the painting and at these manuscripts and thanks a lot for you are watching american history tv only on c-span 3. 2018 marks the centennial of u.s. participation in world war i and the november 11, 1918 armistice that finally ended four years of death and destruction. next, on american artifacts, join us for a tour of a u.s. army exhibit
war. this is about 50 minutes. welcome. i am curator of uniforms and textiles and personal equipage at the u.s. army heritage museum and education center. this exhibit is not meant to give a history of all of the various campaigns that the u.s. army participated in, in particular, it was meant to basically take the visitor coming in the front door here and walking them through how a a soldier would have gotten from stateside wherever they were liing to the front line, if that s what they were frontline infantry unit or support unit. and we highlight various amounts of soldiers and branches of the military from that point up until the end, to the armistice. in this particular man quen scene, we really wanted to just show off how dirty world war one could be. when you re digging in the mud, in the dirt and trying to get underground as quickly as possible, it was a perfect example of a what these guys were dealing with when they were over there. in this particular case we re
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