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Built in a Hurry: How World War I Shaped American Industry, Veteran Care, and a Lasting Health Legacy
When the United States entered World War I in April 1917, the country wasn't ready. Its army was small, factories needed to ramp up production, and there weren't enough ships to carry American troops [...]
5 Odd Rules U.S. Soldiers Followed When Writing Letters Home from WWI and WWII
The military has some odd rules that might not make sense to most of us. One of the top examples is these odd rules U.S. soldiers followed when writing letters home. These examples that [...]
Sequoyah National Research Center launches World War I Website
The Sequoyah National Research Center (SNRC) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock launched a brand-new website, Modern Warriors of World War I, this September. The website is a searchable database of American [...]
The Biggest Battle America Forgot
1.2 million Americans. Forty-seven days. The end of the First World War — and a commander carrying a private grief almost no one knows about. Our conversation with Dr. Mitch Yockelson. One afternoon in [...]
World War I troops said ‘f*ck’ so much, it was scarier when they didn’t
Sometimes, it's what you don't say that means everything. Sometimes it’s not what you say that means the most, it’s what you don’t say. Certain words carry a heavy weight when said by the [...]
Along the Western Front: Cycling, History, and the Hello Girls
In November 2025, I was approached by Linda Jantzen about joining her for an e-bike tour along the Western Front Way through France and Belgium. It would be a supported tour; our bags would [...]
District of Columbia World War I Memorial
The World War I Memorial near the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool isn’t well known or much visited. It has been neglected and forgotten for decades but in the past few years has gotten some [...]
Navy-Merchant Marine Memorial
The Navy-Merchant Marine Memorial, featuring a large, evocative aluminum sculpture of a cresting wave and seagulls in flight, sits on Columbia Island on the Arlington side of the Potomac. The Navy-Merchant Marine Memorial honors [...]
The Trench Art Shell of Killed-in-Action Officer John Baldwin Gifted by Marine Corps General Smedley Butler’s Mother
"A Gift From a Friend to Another; John Stokes Baldwin, Whose Devotion to his Country Furnishes a Lesson by Which Every American Should Profit. Maud Darlington Butler" This is a magnificent large caliber artillery [...]
