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Mare Island Naval Shipyard During World War One
Northern San Francisco Bay Area; Mare Island ShownMare Island History Mare Island History Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California, became the first United States naval base on the West Coast in 1854. [...]
Doughboy MIA For November 2023: Second Lieutenant Chester Hinkley Kennedy
A man is only missing if he is forgotten… Our Doughboy MIA of the month is Second Lieutenant Chester Hinkley Kennedy, of the 1st Aero Squadron. Chester Kennedy was born November 25, 1895 in McMinnville, [...]
Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points: How a Vision for World Peace Failed
President Wilson's blueprint for ending World War I and avoiding all future global disputes was ambitious—but ultimately a failure. When war broke out in Europe in 1914, the United States vowed to remain neutral. The [...]
Army sets aside WWI convictions of 110 Black Soldiers convicted in 1917 Houston Riots
Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth has approved the recommendation of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records to set aside the courts-martial convictions of the 110 Black Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 24th [...]
How a hospital meeting inspired Wilfred Owen’s World War I poetry
The horrors of World War One were expressed by many of the soldiers who fought in the conflict but few did so with such power and eloquence as Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. Owen is [...]
100 World War I Facts That Everyone Should Know
The First World War was a global conflict of such magnitude the world had never seen before. Technological advancements of the early twentieth century brought efficient new weapons that killed millions and left many with [...]
Wichita’s forgotten hero of the Lost Battalion — and how local veterans are honoring him
Erwin Bleckley was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 1923 for the bravery he displayed in World War I while trying to locate and resupply the famed Lost Battalion. But after a century, very [...]
Sgt. Henry Johnson, a Winston-Salem native, finally honored for his heroics during World War I
A legacy. A hero. Army Sgt. Henry Johnson’s heroics on the battlefield — wounded 21 times and under enemy fire — earned him international acclaim. He led his all-Black 369th Infantry Regiment, known as the [...]
Staten Island veterans remember the ‘War to End All Wars’ at Veterans Day ceremony
The 105th anniversary of the end of World War I was commemorated this morning at Ocean View Cemetery in Oakwood during an Annual Veterans Day Observance attended by more than 100 people. Since 1919, the [...]
