Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Lieutenant Guy H. Drewry, U.S.A. (center), aide-de-camp to Major-General Charles T. Harris, Jr., commanding the Aberdeen Proving Ground, pointing out important features of the eight inch howitzer to Chinese Major-General Dai-Fung King (right) and his aide-de-camp, Captain Zeit Wang (left). The two are members of the Chinese military mission to the United States

Washington, D.C. General Hsiung of the Chinese army visiting General George Marshall

Al Smith call on Secretary of Navy. Former Governor Alfred E. Smith called on the Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams today in Washington to ask for the help of Navy engineers in the construction of a mooring mast and landing platform for transatlantic dirigibles of the 1,100 foot tower of the Empire State Building, now under construction in New York. The former Governor is a Director in Empire State, Inc

Day tribute to Admiral Dewey of Navy Day. Members of the Military and Naval Order of the Spanish-American War paid tribute to Admiral Dewey today, Navy Day, at Washington Cathedral, where the hero of Manila Bay is buried. In the center of group, left to right: Capt. J.R. Roeside, representing the Navy; Col, Robert L. Longstreet of the Army; and Reverend George F. Dudley, who conducted the services

New and retiring heads of Veterans of Foreign Wars, Washington, D.C. Oct. 2. Bernard W. Kearney, (seated) recently elected National Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at their annual convention in Denver, pictured at the national headquarters here with his predecessor James Van Zandt. Kearney who is now district attorney for Fulton County, N.Y., served with the 1st N.Y. cavalry during the World War. Van Zandt served as commander for three terms but refused the nomination this year

Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Lieutenant Guy H. Drewry, U.S.A. (center), aide-de-camp to Major-General Charles T. Harris, Jr., commanding the Aberdeen Proving Ground, pointing out important features of the eight inch howitzer to Chinese Major-General Dai-Fung King (right) and his aide-de-camp, Captain Zeit Wang (left). The two are members of the Chinese military mission to the United States

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Picryl description: Public domain image of an artillery gun, or cannon, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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01/01/1942

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Maryland Junction, -17.65000, 30.48333

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Library of Congress

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