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Veterans Day began after World War I as Armistice Day, with real hopes for an enduring American peace
Just over a century ago, on the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month (Nov. 11, 1918), formal hostilities ended in the First World War when an armistice with Germany went into [...]
Eyewitness: Capt. George W. Hamilton, USMC, on the Capture of Hill 142 During the Battle of Belleau Wood
Editor's Note: Capt. Hamilton was the on-the-scene commander of the Marine companies of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, charged on 6 June 1918 with the capture of Hill 142 overlooking right flank of the attacking French [...]
They Call us the Flying Circus: Two West Virginians in the Great War.
Parkersburg, West Virginia―where is that? That was my first thought when I started unbundling the letters. Over and over again, I saw that address scrawled across on the faded, discolored envelopes tucked away in the [...]
How Were Propaganda Posters Used in World War 1?
The Growth of Propaganda Propaganda was being used long before the outbreak of World War One, but the use of posters, rather than handbills, was pioneered during the war. Almost from the outset, the British government, [...]
Latin American Neutrality During the First World War
Latin-America's Participation in the First World War In recent decades, historians have expressed a newfound interest in reexamining the role of non-European countries in World War I, as well as the contributions that these nations [...]
I am the Daughter of a WWI Regimental Sergeant Bugler
My father, Henry Erwin Bridges, born in 1896, served as a Regimental Sergeant Bugler in World War I and survived “The Great War.” Drafted in 1917 among millions of American soldiers, he arrived in France [...]
Arlington Cemetery once held soil from the World War I battlefields of France
I am reaching out to you regarding the seven World War I sacred soil stones, six in France and one in the United States. A friend from my hometown in Vendée, France, was on vacation [...]
Diggers and Doughboys: Military allies for the last 100 years
As far back as 1908, when the Australian Prime Minister invited the U.S. Navy’s Great White Fleet to stop in Australia during their world tour, the U.S. and Australia have been military allies for over [...]
The Real World War I Story Behind The Movie Killers of the Flower Moon
In the trailer for the new movie release Killers of the Flower Moon, ambivalent bad guy Ernest Berkhart (portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio) wears a distinctive World War I Doughboy uniform in the opening scenes. Berkhart's [...]
