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WWI American Pilots Wanted A Great Fighter Plane. Instead, They Got The Nieuport 28.
The Americans flying in World War I wanted the Spad XIII. They got the Nieuport 28 instead. Near dawn on April 2, 2022, a vision from the past accelerated down a grass airstrip in rural [...]
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. Navy ship Cyclops when I was quite young. Occasionally I would spend some time at my grandparents’ shop in Baltimore where my father worked. On [...]
Harlem Hellfighters: Who Were They?
The 369th Infantry, whose members called themselves Harlem’s Rattlers, became the most famous all-black regiment to fight during World War I. By the end of the war, 171 of the regiment’s men received individual Croix de [...]
History of VA in 100 Objects/Object 52: Native American Recruits
At the start of the Great War in 1914, only about half of the 300,000 Native Americans in the United States were citizens. Although the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all “persons born or naturalized [...]
WWI Veteran Dr. Frank Boston was a pioneer and laid the groundwork for modern EMS
As we observe Black History month, more facts have come to light about Army Veteran Major Frank Boston, who served in World War I. In addition to being the first African American to start both [...]
Cultural Fusions Behind Europe’s Most Iconic Battles in World War I
The First World War massively changed the way we approach and manage conflicts, particularly from one tribe securing and expanding their own territories to forming alliances with other like-minded civilizations to protect and maintain the ideologies and [...]
Ohio’s Black World War I Sailors: Forgotten U.S. Servicemen
The service and sacrifice of Black World War I sailors is often overlooked. Black History Month provides an excellent opportunity to discuss these forgotten servicemen, including those who came from Ohio. 6,750 Black sailors served [...]
The Incredible True Story Of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, The ‘Mother Of Cryptology’ in WWI
American cryptologist Elizebeth Smith Friedman cracked codes during World War I, Prohibition, and World War II — but her accomplishments weren’t revealed until after her death. or decades, the United States had a secret weapon. [...]
The BAR Through World War I
America’s first light machine gun was yet another design from the man from Ogden. When we see John Moses Browning written out, it is usually followed with such adjectives as genius, iconic, brilliant and innovative, [...]
