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Doughboy MIA For November 2023: Second Lieutenant Chester Hinkley Kennedy
A man is only missing if he is forgotten… Our Doughboy MIA of the month is Second Lieutenant Chester Hinkley Kennedy, of the 1st Aero Squadron. Chester Kennedy was born November 25, 1895 in McMinnville, [...]
Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points: How a Vision for World Peace Failed
President Wilson's blueprint for ending World War I and avoiding all future global disputes was ambitious—but ultimately a failure. When war broke out in Europe in 1914, the United States vowed to remain neutral. The [...]
Wichita’s forgotten hero of the Lost Battalion — and how local veterans are honoring him
Erwin Bleckley was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 1923 for the bravery he displayed in World War I while trying to locate and resupply the famed Lost Battalion. But after a century, very [...]
Weathering the front: How nature’s fury defined World War I
The First World War, occurring from 1914 to 1918, remains a testament to the endurance and ultimate sacrifice made by millions. Occurring over a century ago, the weather was far less predictable than it is [...]
Serpents of War: An American Officer’s Story of World War I Combat and Captivity
Harry Parkin (1880–1946) was born into a well-to-do Pittsburgh family. He was a product of the prewar Plattsburgh training camp as well as the April 1917 Fort Niagara Officers Training Camp. Commissioned a captain, Parkin [...]
Eyewitness: Capt. George W. Hamilton, USMC, on the Capture of Hill 142 During the Battle of Belleau Wood
Editor's Note: Capt. Hamilton was the on-the-scene commander of the Marine companies of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, charged on 6 June 1918 with the capture of Hill 142 overlooking right flank of the attacking French [...]
Thomas Neibaur’s bravery in World War I
On this day in 1918, a hero engages in an action that would earn him the Medal of Honor. Thomas Neibaur was the first Latter Day Saint to receive the honor. “Private Thomas Neibaur is [...]
Throwback Thursday: Meet John Henry Pruitt & the Trench Heroes of World War I
American bravery in the first World War was writ large and small, and punctuated with buckshot and bullets. World War I changed everything about the way wars would be fought from then on, [...]
US Navy and Marine Corps aviation in World War One
A chapter from Key Publishing’s new book “Contact! Early US Naval and Marine Corps Aviation, 1911-1918” by Alan C Carey At the outbreak of war, the Army and Navy had little idea of how to [...]
