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Has the U.S. Ever Fought On Russian Soil? You’d Be surprised.
The story of how American troops battled Lenin’s soldiers in northern Russia may be missing from most history books—but the forgotten conflict still influences relations between nations to this day. Then he left Michigan in [...]
World War Wednesday: Ice Cream and Hospital Ships (1918)
Ice Cream, the Navy, and World War I I've been getting a lot of calls for information about ice cream lately, and that has sent me down a rabbit hole. I did a whole talk [...]
What the Doughboy Really Carried In World War One
Imagine you’re a twenty to-year-old 2nd L.T. in the U.S. Army. You joined the American Expeditionary Force in Europe in 1917. The Great War is raging on. You have an infantry platoon to lead, so [...]
The American Sculptor Who Rebuilt Faceless Veterans
During World War I, Anna Coleman Ladd – born 145 years ago this month – moved to Paris and made masks for men whose physical identities had been ripped apart by the conflict. Thanks to [...]
Meet the American who inspired American Legion Baseball, John Griffith, WWI vet and sports pioneer
John Griffith inspired the creation of American Legion Baseball from coast to coast — here is his home-run story Major John Griffith envisioned a nation made better, healthier and stronger — more powerful and patriotic — and [...]
US to destroy last chemical weapons, closing a deadly chapter dating to WWI
Workers at the Blue Grass Army Depot are close to destroying rockets filled with GB nerve agent that are the last of the United States' declared chemical weapons and completing a decadeslong campaign At a [...]
Why did the United States break Diplomatic Relations with Germany in 1917?
The Allied Powers and the Central Powers fought the First World War between 1914 and 1918. The countries that made up these alliances were primarily European countries, with Germany belonging to the Central Powers. The [...]
From All Walks of Life: Sailors of the USS Cyclops
These men and many more just like them answered their country’s call and served aboard the U.S.S. Cyclops in WWI The collier CYCLOPS was a U.S. Navy ship that fueled the fleet from 1910-1918. The [...]
Remembering a Veteran: Lt. Jay C. Hormel, 88th Division & Services of Supply, AEF
Designated officer in charge of all meat handling in France for the AEF With America’s entry into the First World War, George Hormel, founder of meat packing firm Hormel & Company hoped that his son [...]
