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Seeing Tina Home
Beating the Curfew with Military Honors Introduction My father, E. Reynold Thomas, was attending Atlantic City High School when he turned 18 on November 4, 1917. Two months later he enlisted in the Marine Corps. [...]
The US Waiting to Enter WWI
July 1914 was the start of the first war that swept across Europe and reached across the ocean. April 1917 the United States entered te war. Nearly three years had passed before the war pulled [...]
WWI Nurse namesake for new destroyer continues to inspire
Eighty years after her death, Canadian immigrant and U.S. Navy nurse Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee continues to inspire the women involved with outfitting a new Navy destroyer named for her. Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet [...]
Did you know? The first American woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize is from Illinois, and served in World War I?
Jane Addams was a loud and outspoken opponent to World War I. “The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common [...]
Oregon Legionnaires honor Legion founding father George A. White
The American Legion Department of Oregon paid tribute to one of the Legion’s founding fathers, Maj. Gen. George Ared White, by conducting a memorial remembrance ceremony at his grave at River View Cemetery in Portland [...]
Story of South Dakota WWI Private Written by Mount Marty University Professor Airs on National TV
YANKTON, SD — A widespread lack of understanding around the global impact of World War I and life at the time in rural South Dakota inspired Mount Marty University (MMU) history professor, Dr. Rich Lofthus, [...]
“Turn the Keys and the Party’s Over.”
From 1975-1979, I served America in an ICBM nuclear missile silo. The missile was liquid-fueled, 103 ft. tall, 6,000+ mile range, carrying a 9 megaton thermonuclear warhead. Weight: 340,000 lbs. Launch time: 58 seconds after [...]
UALR researchers aid in effort to ID Native Americans who served in WWI; long-overdue medals sought for vets
Sequoyah center working to right a historical wrong Native American soldiers deserving of honors for their World War I service could soon receive those decorations thanks in part to work being done at the University [...]
Doran Cart to Retire from National WWI Museum and Memorial After 33 Years of Service
Cart stewarded the collection to be the most comprehensive collection of WWI objects in the world. His last day will be Dec. 31, 2022. KANSAS CITY, MO. – The National WWI Museum and Memorial has announced [...]
