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Meet the American who inspired the nation in two world wars: Christian soldier Sgt. Alvin York
Tennessee backwoodsman sought exemption from WWI as conscientious objector, battlefield heroics astounded Europe's toughest soldiers Sergeant Alvin York was a reluctant Christian soldier. Yet the battlefield heroics of the born-again backwoodsman and Tennessee sharpshooter astounded even the [...]
Suisun City, AZ veterans post receives honor for World War I heritage
SUISUN CITY — The spectral sounds of Taps summons the past. For five evenings, starting Sept. 5, a bugler called out in honor of Manuel E. Reams Jr. and others who sacrificed their lives during [...]
Celebrating American Nurses During World War I
I have a special place in my heart for nurses because my mom was a nurse back in the 1980s. She worked in the ER of our local hospital for a while and then became [...]
Flying the Liberty Plane
It's been a long time coming, but we have finished our film The Liberty Plane on America's first Warbird. Inspired by both the timeframe, our own DH4, and Peter Jackson's, They Shall Not Grow Old, [...]
Shared memories of few comments piece together WWI experience
Oliver H. Oswald shared little about his wartime experience with his family and friends after he came and settled on a farm in Muscotah. Oliver’s son, Floyd Oswald said what little he knows about his [...]
UA Little Rock researcher uncovers history of American Indian nurses in World War I
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – One University of Arkansas at Little Rock researcher has made it her mission to uncover the history of American Indian women who served as Army nurses during World War I. Dr. [...]
Harvard University Magazine: We Remember World War I
To honor the nation’s veterans, Harvard Magazine is republishing Adam Goodheart’s remarkable collection of stories about the Great War, “We Remember World War I,” which appeared in the November-December issue of 1993, together with contributing editor Jim [...]
Purple Heart & Service Medals Awarded to WWI Veteran in Sayre, PA
It may have taken 104 years, but one Army veteran from Sayre has finally received the service medals he deserved. Federal and State officials joined at the VFW Post 1536 in Sayre, PA Thursday morning [...]
The heroic legacy of the Harlem Hellfighters
An Elk Grove woman discovers the amazing story of her grandfather, a member of the longest serving and least appreciated American fighting unit of WWI ELK GROVE, Calif. — A few years ago, Gina McVey [...]
