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"Answer the Call: Join the Armed Services and Defend Our Shores

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, 1911.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Gen. Clarence Edwards, in uniform, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. Clarence Edwards, in uniform, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Clarence Ransom Edwards, in uniform, 1910.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: H.H. Bingham, descending steps, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service

H.H. Bingham, descending steps, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
H.H. Bingham, descending steps, 1911.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Armored auto, Turkey, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Armored auto, Turkey, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Armored auto, Turkey, 1916.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Pack horse used by U.S. Army Signal Corps, carrying chest of instruments for local outfit..., 1916

Pack horse used by U.S. Army Signal Corps, carrying chest of instruments for local outfit..., 1916
Pack horse used by U.S. Army Signal Corps, carrying chest of instruments for local outfit for wireless telegraph, 1916.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Marines - League Isl'd., 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Marines - League Isl'd., 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines - League Isl'd., 1913. Shows American Marines mobilizing at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Marines packing, League Isl'd., 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Marines packing, League Isl'd., 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines packing, League Isl'd., 1913. Shows American Marines mobilizing at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Loading MEADE - League Isl'd., 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Loading MEADE - League Isl'd., 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Loading MEADE - League Isl'd., 1913. Shows U.S. Army transport ship Meade and American marines mobilizing at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Taking Big Bulgar Guns to Tchataldja #12, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Taking Big Bulgar Guns to Tchataldja #12, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Taking Big Bulgar Guns to Tchataldja #12, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Bulgarians taking guns to Catalca, Turkey during the Balkan Wars.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Austria - Army Commissary Train, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Austria - Army Commissary Train, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Austria - Army Commissary Train, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Ollie James, J.M. Waller, John R. Downing, J.C. Utterback, Capt. C.C. Calhoun, between c1910-c1915

Ollie James, J.M. Waller, John R. Downing, J.C. Utterback, Capt. C.C. Calhoun, between c1910-c1915
Ollie James, J.M. Waller, John R. Downing, J.C. Utterback, Capt. C.C. Calhoun, between c1910 and c1915. Shows (left to right) Ollie M

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Troops arrive for Inauguration, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Troops arrive for Inauguration, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Troops arrive for Inauguration, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Bulgar Big Siege Gun, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Bulgar Big Siege Gun, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Bulgar Big Siege Gun, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Greek Infantry, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Greek Infantry, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Greek Infantry, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Bulgarian ambulance going to front, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Bulgarian ambulance going to front, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Bulgarian ambulance going to front, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Ferdinand of Bulgaria, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Ferdinand of Bulgaria, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Ferdinand of Bulgaria, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Bulgarians on march, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Bulgarians on march, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Bulgarians on march, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Gen. Leonard Wood, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. Leonard Wood, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Leonard Wood, 1913. Shows General Leonard Wood, Army Chief of Staff, on horseback, riding in front of a reviewing stand at the Riggs National Bank during the first inauguration of President

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Marines boarding MEADE, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Marines boarding MEADE, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines boarding MEADE, 1913. Shows U.S. Army transport ship Meade with American Marines mobilizing at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Marines board MEADE, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service

Marines board MEADE, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Marines board MEADE, 1913. Shows U.S. Army transport ship Meade with American Marines mobilizing at League Island, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, PA, in Feb

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Loading MEADE, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Loading MEADE, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Loading MEADE, 1914. Shows U.S. Army transport ship the U.S.S. Meade.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Rapid fire guns before Tchataldja #1, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Rapid fire guns before Tchataldja #1, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Rapid fire guns before Tchataldja #1, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Bulgarians? with guns near Catalca, Turkey during the Balkan Wars.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Austrian Chasseurs, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Austrian Chasseurs, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Austrian Chasseurs, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Taking Big Bulgar Guns to Tchataldja #2, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Taking Big Bulgar Guns to Tchataldja #2, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Taking Big Bulgar Guns to Tchataldja #2, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Bulgarians taking guns to Catalca, Turkey during the Balkan Wars.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Battery, Tchataldja #11, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Battery, Tchataldja #11, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Battery, Tchataldja #11, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Bulgarians? with guns at Catalca, Turkey during the Balkan Wars.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Servian Red Cross, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Servian Red Cross, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Servian Red Cross, 1912. Shows Serbian Red Cross workers with wounded soldiers probably during the first Balkan War (October 1912-May 1913.)

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Bulgar Battery, Tchataldja #13, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Bulgar Battery, Tchataldja #13, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Bulgar Battery, Tchataldja #13, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Bulgarian with guns at Catalca, Turkey during the Balkan Wars.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Soldiers on way to Dayton, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Soldiers on way to Dayton, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Soldiers on way to Dayton, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Santa Marta, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Santa Marta, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Santa Marta, between c1910 and c1915. Shows the Santa Marta (built 1909), a refrigerated fruit transport ("banana boat") at an East River dock in New York city

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Comte Henri-Amédée-Mercure De Turenne-D'Aynac, 1816. Creator: Jacques-Louis David

Comte Henri-Amédée-Mercure De Turenne-D'Aynac, 1816. Creator: Jacques-Louis David
Comte Henri-Amedee-Mercure De Turenne-D'Aynac, 1816. The Comte de Turenne is portrayed wearing a uniform and medals, which record his distinguished service in the French army.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Czar Ferdinand going to front, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Czar Ferdinand going to front, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Czar Ferdinand going to front, 1912. Shows Ferdinand I, Czar of Bulgaria, surrounded by men in uniform near a train, probably during First Balkan War and siege of Adrianople, Nov. 1912-March 1913.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Montenegrins attacking Becic [i.e., Decic] Fort, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Montenegrins attacking Becic [i.e., Decic] Fort, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Montenegrins attacking Becic [i.e., Decic] Fort, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Montenegrins attacking Turkish fort at Decic, Montenegro.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: N.Y. troops (war game), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

N.Y. troops (war game), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
N.Y. troops (war game), between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: N.Y. troops (war game), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

N.Y. troops (war game), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
N.Y. troops (war game), between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Holding strikers in check, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service

Holding strikers in check, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Holding strikers in check, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1912.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Trumpeter Of The Hussars, c1815-20. Creator: Theodore Gericault

Trumpeter Of The Hussars, c1815-20. Creator: Theodore Gericault
Trumpeter Of The Hussars, c1815-20. This figure's uniform identifies him as a member of the hussars--notoriously fearless cavalry--in the French army

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Gen. G. John Biddle, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. G. John Biddle, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. G. John Biddle, between c1910 and c1915.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Peter Randazzo, Alf. Jacobson, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Peter Randazzo, Alf. Jacobson, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Peter Randazzo, Alf. Jacobson, between c1915 and c1920.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Belgian Signal post, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

Belgian Signal post, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Belgian Signal post, between c1915 and 1918. Shows soldiers at a Belgian signal post during World War I.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: General J.F. Bell, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

General J.F. Bell, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
General J.F. Bell, between c1915 and c1920. Shows General James Franklin Bell (1856-1919), Commander of the Department of the East at the exercises held on the steps of City Hall, New York City

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Gen. Obregon, El Paso, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service

Gen. Obregon, El Paso, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Gen. Obregon, El Paso, 1916. Shows General Alvaro Obrego´n (1880-1924)(left) the Mexican Minister of War, and General George Bell Jr.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: knitting bee, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

knitting bee, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
knitting bee, between c1915 and c1920.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Sergeant. Chas. McDougald, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Sergeant. Chas. McDougald, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Sergeant. Chas. McDougald, between c1915 and c1920. Shows Charles McDougald.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Dismounted: The Fourth Troopers Moving The Led Horses, 1890. Creator: Frederic Remington

Dismounted: The Fourth Troopers Moving The Led Horses, 1890. Creator: Frederic Remington
Dismounted: The Fourth Troopers Moving The Led Horses, 1890. The horses in Remington's painting thunder towards us, kicking up clouds of dust

Background imageArmed Services Collection: The Wounded Bunkie, 1896. Creator: Frederic Remington

The Wounded Bunkie, 1896. Creator: Frederic Remington
The Wounded Bunkie, 1896. A cavalryman attempts to help his wounded bunkmate to safety. The bullet hole visible in the bunkie's chest

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Austrians leaving front, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Austrians leaving front, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Austrians leaving front, between c1915 and c1920.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Belgian Ambulance, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Belgian Ambulance, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Belgian Ambulance, between c1915 and c1920.

Background imageArmed Services Collection: Major G.M.P. Murphy, between 1917 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Major G.M.P. Murphy, between 1917 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Major G.M.P. Murphy, between 1917 and c1920. Shows Grayson Mallet-Prevost Murphy (1878-1937) who was the head of an investment brokerage firm and served with the 42nd Division of the U.S




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"Answer the Call: Join the Armed Services and Defend Our Shores. " In this captivating postcard from World War I, witness the aftermath of a chilling German naval bombardment on Scarborough, Yorkshire. The vivid color image transports us back to 1914, urging British men to enlist in the armed services with unwavering accuracy. As chaos unfolds before our eyes, it becomes evident that precise aiming is crucial for victory. The brave soldiers who join our forces will be equipped with advanced weaponry and trained to hit their targets with unparalleled precision. Augmented reality technology enhances their skills, ensuring they are always one step ahead of the enemy. Camouflage plays a vital role in protecting our troops as they navigate treacherous battlefields. With expertly designed uniforms blending seamlessly into their surroundings, our servicemen become virtually invisible to adversaries. This strategic advantage ensures safety while enabling them to strike fearlessly when necessary. Glimpsing into modern times, we find an early warning radar station near Hartland Point in Devon UK—a testament to how far we have come since World War I. These state-of-the-art facilities serve as guardians against potential threats by detecting enemy movements long before they reach our shores. Through constant vigilance and cutting-edge technology, we safeguard our nation's security. Joining the armed services means embracing a noble duty—to protect and defend all that we hold dear, and is an opportunity for individuals seeking purpose and camaraderie amidst adversity; a chance to make history while upholding cherished values of freedom and justice. Enlist today. Become part of an esteemed lineage dedicated to preserving peace through strength—the backbone of any great nation lies within its armed services. Together, let us forge ahead towards a brighter future where courage triumphs over fear and unity prevails over division.