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Families Honor Private First Class (PFC) Patrick McKenna, USA for WWI Service
(Author's note: Part I, the essay “Honoring PFC Patrick McKenna,” was written in New York by me after we returned from from the July 2008 trip and the 90th Anniversary of the death in World [...]
Black History Month Trailblazers: WWI U.S. Army SGT. Henry Johnson
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Since its inception, Black History Month became a time to teach and contemplate the historic achievements and contributions of Black historic figures in American History. New York Army National [...]
Black History Month: ABMC Honors WWI US soldier buried in France
From baseball field to battlefield There is a story behind each headstone at ABMC cemeteries. Before enlisting in the Army in June 1917, Ernest Biggers was an outfielder for the Houston Black Buffaloes. He sailed [...]
US soldiers lay groundwork for ‘transformation’ of artillery units in Europe
Charlie Battery traces its lineage to WWI as the first American military unit ever to fire a round in Europe GRAFENWOEHR, Germany — Army Capt. Phuong Quach started 2024 with a mission to stand up [...]
Gallery Glance: “Charmed Soldiers,” National WWI Museum and Memorial
According to an old military saying often attributed to war correspondent Ernie Pyle, “There are no atheists in foxholes.” Who can doubt that when the prospect of death is nearby, thoughts of survival and mortality [...]
Incredible audio shows what WWI sounded like when the guns and bombs just suddenly stopped
It's both beautiful and haunting to hear the ceasefire silence at the agreed-upon 11th hour. On November 11, 1918, U.S.soldier Robert Casey wrote from the American front in Western Europe: “And this is the end of it. [...]
Eugene Bullard, a Pilot’s Struggle for Freedom
He flew for liberty, equality, and fraternity. This grandson of Georgia slaves volunteered for the Foreign Legion during World War I and became the first African American fighter pilot, a hero of French aviation – [...]
Navy WWI Battleship USS Texas Is Making a Comeback Like No Other
Navy Battleship USS Texas is getting a big update: Over a century ago, the U.S. Navy launched its USS Texas battleship. The formidable New York-class vessel would go on to serve in the Mexican waters [...]
Americans in Flanders Fields. Names & Places.
A temporary exhibition at the In Flanders Fields Museum 6 February 2024 to 31 May 2024 The participation of the United States was a turning point in the course of the First World War. In [...]
