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Remembering a WWI Veteran: From Major to Major General in 16 Months: John L. Hines
In 2000, Roads to the Great War Editor/Publisher Michael Hanlon was invited to be a historical consultant for the U.S. Postal Service on a series of commemorative stamps honoring Distinguished American Soldiers. Alvin York and [...]
On July 8, 1918, American Red Cross driver Ernest Hemingway is wounded in World War
Author's wartime experiences helped shape his famous early novel 'A Farewell to Arms' On this date in history, July 8, 1918, the iconic novelist Ernest Hemingway, then an 18-year-old ambulance driver for the American Red [...]
Was the U.S. Army Really the “Decisive” Force in World War I?
In his 2001 book The Myth of the Great War: A New Military History of World War I, the American Professor John Mosier, who teaches English at Loyola University in New Orleans, makes the claim that [...]
How WWI Soldiers Enjoyed Their Time Off Compared to Soldiers Today
Soldiers need breaks to relieve the stress they experience on the battlefield. This article explores the similarities and differences between how World War I soldiers spent their time off and the activities available to the [...]
Combat-Related Mental Health Issues from World War I to Today
Trauma has always been an inseparable part of war. Throughout history, countless soldiers have developed mental health disorders directly linked to their wartime experiences. However, until the 20th century, few documented and categorized this mental [...]
William Arthur Dietz – Tanker of the Argonne & First Commander of the First American Legion Post in the United States
Tanks are, and have been for over 100 years, an integral tool of warfare. The British, French, and German armies spent a great deal during the final years of the war developing this technology. When [...]
The Pioneer Infantry in the Great War
The World War I Illinois State Normal University Service Records collection is filled with stories of heroism from ISNU students and staff, collected by our first librarian, Ange Milner. Milner also collected files from Black [...]
The ‘Hello Girls’ helped win WWI—why was their service overlooked?
When American women were first deployed into combat zones, the U.S. refused to consider them veterans for more than 50 years. Ethel Elkins was one roughly 25,000 American women who volunteered in Europe during the [...]
Doughboy MIA For June 2024: Colonel Raynal Cawthorne Bolling
Over one hundred years have passed since one the most influential American figures in the history of American air power, went missing in action between two small communes in France’s Somme region. On 26 March [...]
