Soldiers -- Training
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
At an English Officers Training School in Northern France, 1918 March 16-22
Typewritten transcribed letters from DU alumni Lieut. E. E. Odom to his wife, Olive, sent by Olive to Chancellor Buchtel in April 1918. Odom describes the experience of finishing officer training in France during World War I, especially the uncertainty of not knowing where he would be transferred. Odom details rumors that he heard about atrocities committed by German soldiers, and an attack by German soldiers on the trenches where he was stationed in Amiens.
Bayonet Practice
Six soliders attack straw dummies with bayonets while others look on during military exercises at the University of Denver during World War I, with an unidentified building in the background.
Military Exercises, circa 1917
Black and white negative depicting a row of soliders training with firearms in an open space, with two unidentified buildings in the background, as part of military exercises at the University of Denver during World War I.
Olive Odom letter to Chancellor Buchtel, 1918 April 22
Handwritten letter from Mrs. Olive E. Odom to Chancellor Buchtel. Odom transcribed and sent Buchtel several letters from her husband, Lieut. E. E. Odom, detailing his experiences in training camp and on the front in France during World War I.
ROTC Drill on Campus, circa 1917
Blakc and white print of ROTC and SATC cadets, and a few men in civilian clothers, marching in a drill with rifles on the University Park campus of the University of Denver during World War I.
Soldiers Running
Soliders run in a double line down a wooden sidewalk next to an unidentified building as part of military exercises at the University of Denver during World War I.
Soldiers Running Over Barbed Wire, circa 1917
Six soldiers armed with bayonets run over an obstacle with barbed wire during military exercises near the University of Denver during World War I. A field and two or three houses are visible in the background.
Students' Army Training Corps (S.A.T.C.), University of Denver Records
During World War I, the University of Denver was designated as a unit of the Students' Army Training Corps. The records of the unit include enlistment information, physical examination records and demobilization records in addition to correspondence and general material on the Unit.
University of Denver ROTC Group Portrait, 1918 May
Group portrait of ROTC cadets at the University of Denver in May 1918., lined up in two rows in a field, but two unidentified buildings in the background.
University of Denver ROTC Group Portrait, 1918 May
Group portrait of University of Denver ROTC cadets in May 1918.