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The ‘Hello Girls’ Arrived In Europe Before The First Doughboys. Here’s Why They Were So Crucial
It took more than half a century for the women to be recognized as veterans. Elizabeth Cobbs. (Randy Glass Studio) With her book The Hello Girls and a follow-up documentary film, historian, commentator [...]
Doughboy MIA For June 2023: Captain Kenyon Roper, Observer, 91st Aero Squadron
Early in the morning of Saturday, 14 September 1918, First Lieutenant Paul H. “Huggy” Hughey entered the office of his Squadron Commander, Captain Everett R Cook, with a request. The pilot, Lieutenant Hughey, was due [...]
Comic Book Greats Band Together to Tell the WWI Medal of Honor Story of Samuel Woodfill
When asked who the most outstanding soldier of World War I was, commander of the American Expeditionary Force John J. Pershing surprised everyone. There were many names to choose from, many of which had achieved [...]
The 72-Year-Old Who Lied About His Age to Fight in World War I
A Civil War veteran, John William Boucher was one of the oldest men on the ground during the Great War John William Boucher served honorably in the Civil War, fighting for the Union for seven [...]
Over There: A Tribute to WWI Army Nurse Corps Volunteer Anna Marie McMullen
More than a century ago, Allentown Hospital nurse died of pneumonia caring for soldiers in France Allentown Hospital nurse Anna Marie McMullen answered her country’s call in April 1918, shipping off to France along with [...]
From Gallipoli to Beyond the Grave — Hear the Oldest Surviving Voice from World War I
Henry Lanser's words, recorded sometime between December 1914 and January 1915, are believed to be the oldest surviving recording in the world of an ordinary soldier in wartime. “Well, dear mother and father, Ethel, Edie [...]
Fountain in France, marking where dozens of CT soldiers died in World War I, focus of ceremony
The fountain at Seicheprey, donated in 1923 by the people of Connecticut, commemorates the service of the 102nd Infantry Regiment and the lasting bonds between America and France. In a column on the dedication [...]
How Many People Died in World War I?
The carnage of the war was so extreme that historians have had difficulty agreeing on exactly how many people lost their lives. When European nations squared off against each other in the summer of 1914, [...]
Sailors in Olive Drab
During the final year of World War I, enlisted U.S. Navy medical personnel performed great acts of heroism amid the killing fields of the Western Front. In World War I, many U.S. Navy corpsmen served [...]
