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Invisible Sacrifice: Commemorating Those Who Served Without Reaching the Frontline
I will change my narrative. I will develop my research to not only include the Swedish born soldiers, who fought and fell in the Great War, and are buried along the western front, In [...]
“Devotion to Duty: Memorializing Jane Delano” Saturday, Jan. 31, 4 p.m. (via Zoom)
Dr. Allison S. Finkelstein ANC Senior Historian Dr. Allison S. Finkelstein will be leading a public webinar for the Army Nurse Corps Association (ANCA). This free webinar is being hosted by the [...]
The Forgotten Army Soldiers That Fought Alongside the Marines at Belleau Wood
Belleau Wood is where the Marine Corps became the legend we know of today. It's the battle that gave birth to the term "Devil Dogs," the fight that turned a small naval infantry branch [...]
North Ferrisburgh, VT’s Laurance Newton Wilson’s WWI Service
The following article was graciously submitted by Sam Pestle. To see more stories of WWI soldiers with accompanying portrait photography, please check out Sam’s page – The United States in WW1 on Facebook. The son of a [...]
After more than 100 years, World War I battlefields are uninhabitable
No war in recent memory can compare to the meat grinder of World War I.Europe still bears the scars of the war, even more than a century since the armistice was signed on November 11, 1918. [...]
The History of American Military Rations & How They Changed Over Time
Rations were one of the few positives for the American troops who languished in WWI trenches. Ever since its initial struggle for independence, American soldiers away from home were not only subject to the [...]
Finding Mac: A World War I Marine’s Story
Eugene “Reynold” Thomas was born in 1898, in Pennsylvania, to George and Evelyn Thomas. In 1917, he would enlist in the war as a marine, and see action. After the armistice was signed, he [...]
Dr. Frank Erdman Boston, a World War I veteran, honored with a Permanent Portrait at Mission BBQ
Mission BBQ continues its efforts to honor veterans, and in this case, a World War I Army surgeon whose life shows that service does not end when the uniform comes off. In honor of [...]
Who Were the Hello Girls? All About WWI’s Switchboard Soldiers
I have read multiple books about the women, known as the Hello Girls, who served as telephone switchboard operators in the US Army during World War I. I am enamored of their story and [...]
