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I Thought Women’s Role in WWI Was Minor—Then I Discovered How They Changed America.
When World War I erupted, the United States was already experiencing waves of change, but for women, the war would prove to be a defining moment. Before the conflict, women were fighting for their [...]
Meet ‘Sergeant Stubby’—A WWI Dog Who Wandered Onto A U.S. Army Training Ground In 1917
As history has shown, animals have never been spared from the horrors of war. Horses carried cavalry through blood-soaked battlefields, pigeons risked the skies as couriers and dogs patrolled the trenches, sniffing out dangers before human senses could [...]
Doughboy MIA For February 2025: Private Edward Reese
Edward Reese was born on May 14th, 1889, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Little is known about his civilian life. He was an unemployed candy maker at the time of his draft registration. Edward was inducted [...]
How allies have helped the US gain independence, defend freedom and keep the peace – even as the US did the same for our friends
America largely found itself protected from the outside world’s problems until World War I Make Canada angry. Make Mexico angry. Make the members of NATO angry. During the first few weeks of the second Trump administration, [...]
The hidden stories of the First World War
A message, written on somebody’s skin: “lesion to upper thigh, wound infected”. The message would have been read by a volunteer nurse who stood in the vaulted room of what had once been a hotel, [...]
Unearthed World War I discovery during school lesson tears two families’ lives apart
A history teacher accidentally uncovered a secret about two of her students when setting them a homework task to bring in a photo of a member of their family.A teacher turned two of her students' [...]
Remembering a Veteran: Driver Walter Elias Disney, American Red Cross Ambulance Service
Walt Disney was born on 5 December 1901, at 1249 Tripp Avenue, in Chicago's Hermosa neighborhood. He was the fourth son of Elias Disney—born in the Province of Canada, to Irish parents—and Flora (née Call), [...]
Swedes in 54th Pioneer Infantry Regiment – Military Engineers in the Argonne Area
My talks about my research around different places in Sweden led me into my specific interest in the 54th Pioneer Infantry Regiment, which belonged to the American Expeditionary Forces in the Great War. One [...]
The Son of an American Legion Founder Led a Guerrilla Campaign of Terror Against the Nazis
In WWI, Wood Sr. received the Legion of Merit and a Purple Heart as well as the French Croix de Guerre and Legion of Honor. By today's standards, Eric Fisher Wood Sr. would probably not [...]
