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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 [...]
A fallen Doughboy’s well-traveled footlocker
Last spring, I posted a two-part blog about Howard Lee Strohl, an Army officer who was killed in France in the First World War. A nice surprise followed. I heard from his great-niece, a researcher of her [...]
The ‘Hello Girls’ Arrived In Europe Before The First Doughboys. Here’s Why They Were So Crucial
It took more than half a century for the women to be recognized as veterans. Elizabeth Cobbs. (Randy Glass Studio) With her book The Hello Girls and a follow-up documentary film, historian, commentator [...]
Doughboy MIA For June 2023: Captain Kenyon Roper, Observer, 91st Aero Squadron
Early in the morning of Saturday, 14 September 1918, First Lieutenant Paul H. “Huggy” Hughey entered the office of his Squadron Commander, Captain Everett R Cook, with a request. The pilot, Lieutenant Hughey, was due [...]
Comic Book Greats Band Together to Tell the WWI Medal of Honor Story of Samuel Woodfill
When asked who the most outstanding soldier of World War I was, commander of the American Expeditionary Force John J. Pershing surprised everyone. There were many names to choose from, many of which had achieved [...]
The 72-Year-Old Who Lied About His Age to Fight in World War I
A Civil War veteran, John William Boucher was one of the oldest men on the ground during the Great War John William Boucher served honorably in the Civil War, fighting for the Union for seven [...]
Over There: A Tribute to WWI Army Nurse Corps Volunteer Anna Marie McMullen
More than a century ago, Allentown Hospital nurse died of pneumonia caring for soldiers in France Allentown Hospital nurse Anna Marie McMullen answered her country’s call in April 1918, shipping off to France along with [...]
