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Doughboy MIA For October 2023: First Lieutenant Manderson Lehr
A man is only missing if he is forgotten… Three French Breguet 14b2 bombers, flying in a driving rainstorm on 15 July 1918, attacked a bridge filled with retreating German Soldiers crossing the Marne River. [...]
Historic Liverpool: 17 stirring photos of American and Canadian troops arriving in Liverpool during World War I
Take a look at these century-old photos showing allies arriving in Liverpool during the First World War. Liverpool played an important role in the First World War, with hundreds of convoys sailing to and from the port [...]
Throwback Thursday: World War I’s “Cousins” Unite
A mere century earlier, America and Britain were at war. But by 1915, the family feud was over. The War of 1812, which was fought largely on American soil, could be seen as something of [...]
New memoir spotlights pioneering female surgeon’s World War I service
The book curates the diaries and letters of ‘double Red’ alum and Cornell trustee Mary Crawford 1904, MD 1907 “There has been a call for nurses and doctors to the Red Cross, for work abroad,” [...]
Sinking of HMS Otranto hit Georgia hard 105 years ago in World War I
GS museum director brings WWI disaster at sea home for Bulloch County Historical Society After the tragic accidental sinking of HMS Otranto in October 1918, the bodies of young Americans washed ashore on the Isle [...]
Doughboy MIA For September 2023: First Lieutenant Carter Landram Ovington
A man is only missing if he is forgotten... Born on 1 May 1897 in Baden-Baden, Germany to American parents, our Doughboy of the Month is First Lieutenant Carter Landram Ovington, the only child of [...]
America in World War I: Military Camp Newspapers
This definitive collection of forty military camp newspapers provides unique coverage of America’s involvement in World War I. Brimming with humor, they contain unique social insights into the war. Camp newspapers kept soldiers informed about [...]
Two World War I Submarines Sunk by Mines With Dozens on Board Discovered
Maritime archaeologists have identified the wrecks of two World War I-era German submarines at the bottom of the sea floor. Researchers found the wrecks in the North Sea off the coast of Belgium this month, [...]
Doughboy MIA For August 2023: First Lieutenant Sidney Paul Thompson
A man is only missing if he is forgotten. Awarded France’s Croix de Guerre with Palm Shot for his actions on 5 July 1918 while flying only his third mission of the war on July [...]
