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The USS Arizona was built, launched, and served during World War I
USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, HI (Editor's Note: The sinking of the USS Arizona in the attack on Pearl Harbor that plunged America into World War II on December 7, 1941 [...]
The Soldiers in the Photos: A Family’s Quest Through Lost Names and New Lands.
A journey through archives. Last week I was contacted by a person named Håkan Bergquist from Malmö, Sweden, and he told me a very interesting story about his two ancestors who were soldiers in [...]
Warrior Canine Connection Names New Candidate Service Dog After WWI Hello Girl Hortense Levy Amram
Please join us in welcoming WCC’s Levy, named in honor of United States Army Signal Corps Operator First Class Hortense Levy Amram. Hortense Levy was born in Philadelphia in 1888. Her father, Louis Edward [...]
WWI Army Pilot Proved Airplanes Could Sink Battleships and Predicted Pearl Harbor — He Was Fired For It
In 1921, Army Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell proved airplanes could sink battleships. Three years later, he predicted Japan would launch a surprise air attack on Pearl Harbor at dawn. Navy and Army brass dismissed [...]
World War I created the close relationship between the USDA’s dietary recommendations and the American agricultural industry
How Should Americans Eat? A Timeline of USDA Advice The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) was founded in 1862 under Abraham Lincoln. For more than a century, nutritionists at the USDA have issued [...]
The Modern US Passport is a Product of World War I
8 Surprising Facts About US Passports. The word “passport” comes from the French words passer and port, meaning “to leave a port or harbor.” For centuries, travelers received passports from foreign governments, not their own. [...]
World War I Veterans: Wounds, Opioids, and Addiction Treatment
Often regarded as the first modern war, World War I was the first conflict to use machine guns, tanks, planes, and chemical warfare on a mass scale. This, coupled with the international nature of [...]
The saga of George ‘Nevin’ Oswald, a Washington County, MD veteran of World War I
On July 13, 1918, George “Nevin” Oswald found himself 2,000 miles off the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, sailing for France with 20,000 other soldiers of the 79th Division. “I think I can take [...]
My Dear Mabel: A book containing the World War I letters written between two patriots from East Tennessee
On Thursday, July 10, 2025, Daily Taps at the National World War I Memorial was sounded in honor of my grandfather, Private Roy Hawk, U.S. Army, Sixth Infantry Division (1918-1919). While watching the bugler [...]
