Eddie Rickenbacker: America’s Most Decorated World War I Ace
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker is best remembered as the “ace of [...]
The Long Blue Line: Remembering centurium Alphonzo Barbour—eyewitness to African American history
[Editor’s note: In 1992, Yeoman Senior Chief Vince Patton (later [...]
After 80 Years, the Fate Of the USS Cythera (PY-26) and Her Crew Still Remains a Mystery
The USS Cythera (PY-26) has several distinctions. She started out life as [...]
American Women in World War I: Marion Randall Parsons: Writer, artist, mountain climber, Red Cross worker
San Francisco-born Marian Randall (1878–1953) was the daughter of druggist [...]
Women in World War I Sparked Remarkable Changes
It was the cultural norm that married women and many [...]
Forever Lost at Sea: Navy’s WWI Collier USS Cyclops
Over a century later, the whereabouts of the collier USS [...]
William J. Powell, Aviator and Entrepreneur
William J. Powell was a tireless promoter of African American [...]
WWI American Pilots Wanted A Great Fighter Plane. Instead, They Got The Nieuport 28.
The Americans flying in World War I wanted the Spad [...]
A family tie to U.S. Navy ship Cyclops led to three books about the WWI mystery ship
I was first acquainted with the existence of the U.S. [...]
Harlem Hellfighters: Who Were They?
The 369th Infantry, whose members called themselves Harlem’s Rattlers, became [...]
