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The proceeds from Knox's senior play, 'Breezy Point,' were given to the thirty-six men at Knox who had joined the armed forces.

Knox College's service flag is displayed on Old Main. The image was taken some time near the end of the war. The number 642 represents the number of Knox men serving in the armed forces during the war (the final number was 660).

View of the sea from the deck of a ship.

Several soldiers lean over the side of a ship to watch another ship draw up alongside.

A ship approaches or sails away from a port.

In this photo inset in the Knox College yearbook, a photograph of S.A.T.C. students is captioned, "Yes, they sometimes work at drill." (It also features a student kneeling next to a squirrel with the caption, 'Careful, Hinman - He'll bite you.')

On this page of the Knox College yearbook, it is noted that Robert F. Midkiff, a junior participating in Sigma Delta Chi (the professional journalistic fraternity at Knox), was then part of the armed service.

Several men sit on the ground during a signal drill at Fort Sheridan.

A tilting signpost rests against the side of a trench. The trench is fortified with wire fencing above.

A solitary soldier intently reads a piece of paper.

A shirtless and pants-less soldier stands in a gas mask near a lake preparing to jump in the water.

A soldier poses for a photograph outside a war-damaged building marked with a sign reading 'Bannoncourt.'

A mustachioed and armed soldier is appropriately dressed for winter.

A group of soldiers mills about outside a building.

Soldiers from Knox College (left to right): Condit Grady; Bob Midkiff; Lyman Thompson; George Johnson; and Lawrence Ingersoll.