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America’s Forgotten Doughboys: The 332nd Infantry Destroyed an Empire
While millions of Americans can name Western Front battles like Belleau Wood or the Meuse-Argonne, almost no one remembers the 332nd Infantry Regiment. These Ohio doughboys were the only American combat unit to fight [...]
The Story of A Rose steps closer to a national tour, local theatre performances
New York, (13 January 2026) - The Doughboy Foundation performing arts program took the next steps toward a national tour of The Story of a Rose; A Musical Reverie on the Great War here [...]
A Soldier’s Heart: Love Amid the Great War
Sometimes intense situations in life can lead to completely new tracks. I was reading digitized old Swedish newspapers from the period between 1914 to 1921, to scan them for interesting information about Swedish born [...]
The Battle of Hamel: Australian Soldiers Taught American Doughboys to Fight Germans in WWI
At 3:10 a.m. on July 4, 1918, American soldiers climbed out of their trenches in northern France. Most had never seen combat before. They had arrived in Europe weeks earlier. Now they were attacking [...]
What are medals and citations compared to be brave in your eyes of your comrades?
Today, during their Swedish military education as conscripts, the soldiers use to point out a soldier who has been an exceptional good comrade or a soldier who have done something special worth mentioning. They [...]
The Legacy of WWI Photography: Influences on Modern War Journalism and Visual Storytelling
The advent of photography in warfare marked a pivotal moment in how the public perceived conflict. In 1914, cameras followed armies into mud, smoke, and broken towns, and the public saw war with new [...]
Winterberg – How a Long-Forgotten World War I Tragedy Ended Up in My Book
I recall the moment, late one afternoon in the winter of 2021, that my wife brought “The Tunnel of Death” to my attention. I had been at my desk for several hours, working on [...]
WWI Hello Girl’s recognition leads to Ft Lincoln cemetery’s first ever Wreaths Across America program
My first experience with Wreaths Across America came through my DAR chapter at the Wren-Darne Cemetery which is a small, privately owned historical family cemetery in Falls Church, VA containing veterans from the Revolutionary [...]
A Rose for the Doughboys: Melissa Errico Brings World War I to New York
World War I has a strange place in our collective memory. It changed our collective history and the world, but it doesn’t always get the attention it deserves. On Tuesday, Jan. 13, that “forgotten war” [...]
