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- Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inferieure, France, June 26, 1917 - The U.S.S. Hancock with the 5th Regt. Marines aboard, arrives safely in France. Going through the locks.
- Troops on decks of transports coming into port.
- The first fighting men of America landing in France, 1st Division. (June 26, 1917)
- Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inferieure, France, March 9, 1918 - American troops arriving in France.
- 16th Infantry, 1st Division, marching to rest camp. (June 1917)

Footage from the Signal Corps Film ‘Base Section No. 1 (St. Nazaire), Arrival and Unloading of Troops [1917]’

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