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The 101st Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop of the 26th Yankee Division
The Remarkable Service of Captain Paul Huse Taylor This is a lovely portrait taken around 1921 of Captain Paul Huse Taylor, the commanding officer of the 101st Mobile Ordnance Repair Shop, or MORS, 26th [...]
“Oh, so you’re the Marine.”
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 [...]
Why Did the U.S. Enter World War I?
In the early 1900s, the U.S. debated intervening in Europe's horrific World War I, initially choosing neutrality. However, increasing violence and dramatic world events by 1917 compelled the U.S. to enter the conflict, forever [...]
An Analysis of How Frequently Students Engage in Research on World War I
There's something curious happening in academic libraries and online databases. World War I, that massive, transformative conflict that reshaped the twentieth century, doesn't get nearly the attention from students that you'd expect. Walk into [...]
World War I and Chicago (Again!): Baseball and the Star Spangled Banner
The United States formally entered World War I on 6 April 1917 and the first global conflict in human history affected virtually everyone in some manner. One aspect of American life not anticipated to [...]
The Boy Scouts Go to War: America’s Youngest Patriots in World War I
When the United States entered the Great War in 1917, the Boy Scouts of America were barely out of their own childhood. Founded only seven years earlier, the organization had grown quickly but was [...]
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 [...]
