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The Americans Who Flew for France
On a French airfield in 1916, you might have found two lion cubs named Whiskey and Soda padding between the tents, and a group of young Americans who had crossed an ocean to fight [...]
American Dreadnoughts at War
The legendary Great White Fleet, which sailed around the world from December 1907 to February 1909, had many achievements but came up short on one of President Theodore Roosevelt's list of objectives. In the [...]
Unusual burial record leads Netherlands father, son on international search for info on WWI soldier from Lilly
LILLY, Pa. – A partial grave marker from a former World War I cemetery in France led a Netherlands father and son down a rabbit hole of unusual circumstances regarding the burial of Lilly [...]
Profiles Of Valor: GySgt Charles Hoffman and Cpl Henry Pruitt (USMC)
This is the last in my series on double Medal of Honor recipients; in both of these cases, two Medals for the same action. The recipients were both World War I Marines, GySgt Charles [...]
World War I and America
This article explains why the United States stayed neutral at first, what pushed it into World War I, how it fought, what changed at home, and why the peace split the country. America entered [...]
Swedes in the 361st Regiment, 91st Division, during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive – Remembered through the diary of Ernest J A Erickson.
Reading the text in the war diary of Ernest Julius Alfred Ersson Erickson brings me to tears. The reason for this is the great connection I have established to one of the relatives to [...]
How did weather play a role during World War I for the Allies?
As the 250th birthday of the United States has officially passed, its history remains forever ingrained in our nation’s roots, as we look back at the events that took place and the help from allies that shaped it. [...]
See the faces of the Colorado National Guard members who fought in WWI
The Colorado National Guard is honoring the lives of its members who fought in World War I, 112 years after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on July 28, 1914. What initially started as a [...]
How World War I Changed America: 10 Lasting Ways
Quick Reference: How World War I Changed America The dates: the war began in the summer of 1914, America entered on April 6, 1917, and the fighting ended in the fall of 1918. Work and [...]
