Machine gun training, circa 1919

Title: Machine gun training, circa 1919
LC Subject: Military cadets Military education Machine guns College buildings Armory McAlexander Fieldhouse United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps
Creator: Oregon State University. Reserve Officers Training Corps
Description: Machine gun training post-WWI beside Armory. Cadets are seen training with the Browning M1917A1 .303 water cooled machine gun mounted on the standard M1917 tripod. This weapon saw only limited use by the US Army during WWI. This photo, probably just after WWI, due to the uniform style with campaign hats and wrapped puttees, show training of cadets in setting up and firing the gun. Of special note in the background next to the Armory is a cadet practicing semaphore flag signaling.
Work Type: photographic prints photographs
Location: Corvallis >> Benton County >> Oregon >> United States
Date: 1919 circa
Identifier: P002:658b
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name: Oregon State University Military Photographs Collection, 1875-1975 (P 002)
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Set: Historical Images of Oregon State University OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Primary Set: OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Is Part Of: Series 3: Inter-War Years, 1919-1939
Institution: Oregon State University