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Jim McConnell – Ambulance Driver and Pioneer Fighter Pilot
Franklin “Doc” Treece was a kindly old man who raised geraniums and petunias for a living. He was also a machine gunner who had been gassed while fighting his way through the shattered forests [...]
“The Men of the Old 15th”
Based on a modest level of personal research, I’ve concluded, with reasonable confidence, that the title of this article best captures what the men of the 15th (AKA 369th) Infantry Regiment referred to themselves [...]
Selling liberty: The propaganda campaign that funded WWI
The tactics conceived by President Wilson’s Committee on Public Information became the blueprint for engineering consensus in wartime and beyond. “Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.” — Eric [...]
Ross Valley Players brings history onstage with ‘Hello Girls’
History lessons are rarely more vivid or more engaging than “The Hello Girls” at Ross Valley Players. The high-stakes musical runs at the Barn Theater through March 1. During the First World War, the [...]
When the Maps Needed New Hands
How women geologists shaped American oil exploration during the Great War Elk Basin Field, Wyo. From left: Winifred Conkling, Marion Ream, Gracia Webster, Richard Conkling, and Herman Witkamp. (Roxoleum, 1918, vol. 1, no. 7, [...]
Historic Districts in North Carolina That Expanded After World War I
After World War I, North Carolina changed at a visible pace. Soldiers returned home. Factories grew. Rail lines stayed busy. Towns stretched past their old edges. People needed houses, stores, schools, and churches. They [...]
French hospital evacuated after 8-inch WWI artillery shell discovered in patient’s butt
He had some explosive indigestion. A hospital in France was evacuated after a male patient arrived with a WWI artillery shell lodged in his backside. According to the bum-shell report, the unnamed 24-year-old had [...]
These crusader knights answered the call to fight World War I
The country known as Georgia derives its name from the Persian word “Gurgan,” meaning the land of the wolves. To the Persians, it refers to the “frightening and heroic people of that territory.” That’s [...]
Don’t Miss Being Over There in the Footsteps of the Doughboys in 2026!
Step into history with the Doughboy Foundation on an exclusive journey through the heart of WWI. We’ve crafted a powerful itinerary that puts you on the hallowed battlefields where heroes were made—from the trenches [...]
