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Dr. Frank Erdman Boston, a World War I veteran, honored with a Permanent Portrait at Mission BBQ
Mission BBQ continues its efforts to honor veterans, and in this case, a World War I Army surgeon whose life shows that service does not end when the uniform comes off. In honor of [...]
Who Were the Hello Girls? All About WWI’s Switchboard Soldiers
I have read multiple books about the women, known as the Hello Girls, who served as telephone switchboard operators in the US Army during World War I. I am enamored of their story and [...]
Mission BBQ honors Dr. Frank Erdman Boston with spot on wall of portraits
Local doctor helped found Lansdale hospital, ambulance corps In honor of a remarkable veteran, Mission BBQ’s King of Prussia location has honored Dr. Frank Erdman Boston, recognizing his extraordinary legacy of military service, medical [...]
America’s Forgotten Doughboys: The 332nd Infantry Destroyed an Empire
While millions of Americans can name Western Front battles like Belleau Wood or the Meuse-Argonne, almost no one remembers the 332nd Infantry Regiment. These Ohio doughboys were the only American combat unit to fight [...]
A Soldier’s Heart: Love Amid the Great War
Sometimes intense situations in life can lead to completely new tracks. I was reading digitized old Swedish newspapers from the period between 1914 to 1921, to scan them for interesting information about Swedish born [...]
The Battle of Hamel: Australian Soldiers Taught American Doughboys to Fight Germans in WWI
At 3:10 a.m. on July 4, 1918, American soldiers climbed out of their trenches in northern France. Most had never seen combat before. They had arrived in Europe weeks earlier. Now they were attacking [...]
What are medals and citations compared to be brave in your eyes of your comrades?
Today, during their Swedish military education as conscripts, the soldiers use to point out a soldier who has been an exceptional good comrade or a soldier who have done something special worth mentioning. They [...]
The Legacy of WWI Photography: Influences on Modern War Journalism and Visual Storytelling
The advent of photography in warfare marked a pivotal moment in how the public perceived conflict. In 1914, cameras followed armies into mud, smoke, and broken towns, and the public saw war with new [...]
Winterberg – How a Long-Forgotten World War I Tragedy Ended Up in My Book
I recall the moment, late one afternoon in the winter of 2021, that my wife brought “The Tunnel of Death” to my attention. I had been at my desk for several hours, working on [...]
