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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 [...]
Truman’s ‘Rough Bunch’: Future President Learned Leadership Lessons In WWI
He was a decisive, plain-spoken leader who became the 33rd president of the United States. But more than two decades before he became president, Harry Truman served as an artillery officer in World War I. [...]
During World War I, cats were used in the trenches to boost morale
The Great War was such a difficult time, some soldiers sought out the assistance and comfort of four-legged friends — including cats, who were used in the trenches to boost morale. Dogs, homing pigeons, foxes, [...]
As Empires Clashed During World War I, a Global Media Industry Brought the Conflict’s Horrors to the Public
An exhibition at LACMA traces the roots of modern media to the Great War, when propaganda mobilized the masses, and questions whether the brutal truths of the battlefield can ever really be communicated More than [...]
A Chicago Doughboy’s Postcard from France
Paul Kurowski Nothing makes history more interesting than a personal connection to the distant times one usually only reads about in books. And so, when I learned from a cousin in 2018 that [...]
Mercy Dogs: Meet the Heroes Who Delivered Aid and Comforted the Dying On the Battlefields of World War I
Over 16 million total animals were in service during the Great War. In the agony of trench warfare and no man’s land, the sound of a skitter and a wet nose — typically a rat, doubled [...]
Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call: The Heroic Story of WWI Telephone Operators
Several years ago I spent quite a bit of time studying the early 1900s through WWI. I read nonfiction and fiction about and from that era. So I was fascinated when I discovered Switchboard Soldiers: A [...]
