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The Seven Men of Marlborough
This extremely detailed 1920-dated studio portrait showcases seven American soldiers from Marlborough, Massachusetts. All 7 men were from one small neighborhood, around Lincoln & East Main Street. Despite living so close together, many of them [...]
James Reese Europe: The WWI “Martin Luther King of music”
He helped popularize African American music among Black, white audiences Fought in World War I and led the 'Harlem Hellfighters' regimental band Introduced jazz to continental Europe, boosting wartime morale As part of Black History [...]
Battlefield Sanitation Improvements Due to the Great War
The First World War caused upheavals in many spheres of life but especially in medicine, where it acted as a giant field trial. British Motorized Bacteriological Laboratory A new feature amongst the many [...]
Black History Month: ABMC Honors WWI US soldier buried in France
From baseball field to battlefield There is a story behind each headstone at ABMC cemeteries. Before enlisting in the Army in June 1917, Ernest Biggers was an outfielder for the Houston Black Buffaloes. He sailed [...]
US soldiers lay groundwork for ‘transformation’ of artillery units in Europe
Charlie Battery traces its lineage to WWI as the first American military unit ever to fire a round in Europe GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — Army Capt. Phuong Quach started 2024 with a mission to stand up [...]
Gallery Glance: “Charmed Soldiers,” National WWI Museum and Memorial
According to an old military saying often attributed to war correspondent Ernie Pyle, “There are no atheists in foxholes.” Who can doubt that when the prospect of death is nearby, thoughts of survival and mortality [...]
Incredible audio shows what WWI sounded like when the guns and bombs just suddenly stopped
It's both beautiful and haunting to hear the ceasefire silence at the agreed-upon 11th hour. On November 11, 1918, U.S.soldier Robert Casey wrote from the American front in Western Europe: “And this is the end of it. [...]
Eugene Bullard, a Pilot’s Struggle for Freedom
He flew for liberty, equality, and fraternity. This grandson of Georgia slaves volunteered for the Foreign Legion during World War I and became the first African American fighter pilot, a hero of French aviation – [...]
Annie Jessie Hall – A Lifetime of Nursing
Turning Back The Clock Annie Jessie Hall was born in Pleasant View in 1885. The daughter of immigrants from England, she grew up in North Ogden where her father was a successful contractor and fruit [...]
