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H. Gordon Chasseaud, U.S. AEF and the Commission for Relief in Belgium
Born in Brooklyn, NY, on 20 November 1887, Herve Gordon Chasseaud (usually written as “H. Gordon Chasseaud” and known to his friends and neighbors as “Gordon.”) was 29 years old when he registered for the [...]
Veteran of the Day U.S. Marine Corps Veteran Gene Tunney
Marine Corps Veteran Gene Tunney served in both World War I and World War II James Joseph “Gene” Tunney was born in May 1897 in New York City to Mary and John Tunney, the latter [...]
Five things you may not know about Aisne-Marne American Cemetery
The chapel at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France lies at the edge of Belleau Wood, known for intense fighting and significant victory for American forces in 1918 during World War I. The American Battle Monuments [...]
How Many People Died in World War I?
The carnage of the war was so extreme that historians have had difficulty agreeing on exactly how many people lost their lives. When European nations squared off against each other in the summer of 1914, [...]
American Battle Monuments Commission celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month
For Jazz Appreciation Month, the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) honors one of the most famous regimental bands of World War I — the regimental band of the 369th U.S. Infantry , led by Lt. [...]
Sailors in Olive Drab
During the final year of World War I, enlisted U.S. Navy medical personnel performed great acts of heroism amid the killing fields of the Western Front. In World War I, many U.S. Navy corpsmen served [...]
The 10 Most Important World War I Battles
The Great War pivoted on a handful of turning points at sea, in the air, and on the ground. World War I was the first continent-wide European war since the Napoleonic Wars a century before. [...]
How a WWI film from 1919 set the stage for the zombie film genre
Zombie myths trace their roots back as far as ancient Greece, and they have a particular infamy in West African culture, but the first portrayal on the silver screen of the reanimated dead returning to wreak havoc [...]
“In the mud and rain and darkness”: Ada Knowlton Chew, nurse and driver
Ada Caroline Knowlton was born in West Upton, MA, in March 1876 to Mary A. Frost Knowlton and Daniel Waldo Knowlton; her grandfather, William Knowlton, established the straw goods manufacturing firm Knowlton & Sons Co. She [...]
