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How World War I Spurred the Invention of Blood Banks
The carnage of World War I drove advances in new techniques and tools to collect and store blood and offer safe transfusions. Blood from blood banks is routinely used for life-saving transfusions and procedures. [...]
$60,000,000 Wasted? USS Texas Might Soon Be the Orphan Battleship
The USS Texas (BB-35), a storied battleship that served in both World Wars, faces an uncertain future. Despite a recent $60 million overhaul, it has no permanent home.What You Need to Know: The USS Texas (BB-35), a [...]
The Lost Identity of the 57th Brigade in World War I
(Note: This article was originally written during the Spring 2024 for the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s “World War I Wisconsin” course, taught by Dr. Leslie Bellais.) An Overview of the 57th Brigade After enduring shellfire [...]
WWI sculpture captures Enduring Legacy of Service
More than a century after the fighting stopped in November 1918, the legacy of the more than 4.7 million U.S. service members who served in World War I has been brought to life through [...]
Code Talkers Helped U.S. Win World Wars I and II
When the topic of military code talkers comes up, many think of the Navajo code talkers of World War II who operated as Marines in the Pacific Theater. This association was bolstered following the [...]
WWI veteran Grace Banker acknowledged at Green-Wood Cemetery
GREENWOOD HEIGHTS — Green-Wood Cemetery served as the backdrop on the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 26, to grant U.S. Army signal corp. operator Grace Banker her rightful place in the history books.Banker led America’s first women [...]
Bomb Squad responds to reports of World War One bomb shell in Spokane Valley museum
A person was donating their father's World War One memorabilia to the museum, including pictures and several artillery shells. SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — Spokane Police's Bomb Squad had to respond to the Spokane Valley [...]
DCTC News – History Faculty Spotlight: Jill Frahm, Ph.D.
Accomplished historian has published extraordinary research on the Hello Girls, the female telephone operators of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) in World War I Jill Frahm, Ph.D. Jill Frahm, PhD, teaches history [...]
New Braunfels, TX WWI “American Doughboy” Memorial Damaged in DWI Crash, Restoration Uncertain
A historic World War I memorial in New Braunfels has sustained substantial damage after a driver, later arrested on DWI charges, crashed into it. The sculpture, depicting a soldier ominously known as the "American [...]
