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The Rolling W Monument in Pueblo, Colorado
My Grandfather, George A. Carlson, was born in Denver, Colorado, in 1894 and was a soldier in the U.S. Army during World War I. On March 30, 1918, he boarded a train at Denver’s Union [...]
A Piece of WWI History Rests By a Resort Pool in Dallas
Billionaire Harlan Crow’s Hilton Anatole is home to a propeller from the RMS Lusitania, whose sinking helped lead to the U.S. joining the war. A Dallas resort’s sculpture garden serves as the final resting place [...]
Signal Corps History Comes to the Stage
A key episode in the history of the US Army Signal Corps – the recruitment and deployment of bilingual women switchboard operators in World War I – is portrayed in “The Hello Girls,” a musical [...]
Did You Know There’s A World War I Trench In Tennessee? Here’s Why
When I think of Tennessee and wars, my mind goes straight to the Civil War. The Volunteer State has no shortage of historic sites commemorating that conflict. So when I learned of a World War [...]
Aspects Of The War Guilt Clause: What It Tells
The War Guilt Clause was a provision that attributed sole responsibility for the First World War to Germany and its allies. The treaty included a clause to justify the imposition of reparations on Germany and [...]
‘The Last Front’ Is Basically ‘Die Hard’ Set in World War I Europe
One man stepping up against overwhelming odds to fight bad guys and rescue the people he loves is probably the real American dream. It might be the European dream, too, because that's exactly what Leonard Lambert (Iain [...]
Lt. Frank Luke Jr: The 21-Year-Old WWI US Ace Who Had A US Air Force Base Named After Him
1st Lt. Frank Luke Jr. was a Medal of Honor recipient with an impressive but tragically short combat career. Luke was renowned for his aerial combat prowess, destroying 14 German balloons and 4 aircraft in [...]
Molly and the Hello Girls: a historical romance set in World War I
My latest release, a wholesome historical romance set in World War I, just released July 11. Molly is the story of an American Expeditionary Forces Signal Corps switchboard operator (also known as a Hello Girl) and [...]
Artwork by WWI soldiers found in trunk 100 years later
Artwork penned by First World War soldiers as a method to cope with PTSD have been discovered in a locked trunk belonging to a 1917 nurse - 107 years on. The fascinating album kept by [...]
