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Doughboy MIA for March 2025: Lieutenant Robert Brown Gilbreath
Robert Brown Gilbreath was born in Columbia, Tennessee on January 13th, 1893. He graduated with honors from Columbia High School and later attended Columbia Military Academy. He later moved to Texas, where he enrolled [...]
“Hearts of Valor” will tell story of World War I “Mercy Dogs”
Feature animated film currently in development tells story of a loyal Mercy Dog. From the years 1914 to 1918, much of the fighting took place in a desolate, dangerous and muddy area called No [...]
Collectors Are Hunting for This WWI-Era Quarter Like It’s Gold
A Century-Old Quarter Turns Heads in 2025 In a surprising twist that’s exciting the numismatic world, a coin minted over a hundred years ago is capturing headlines once again. The 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter [...]
A tribute to the ‘Hello Girls’ at the Military Women’s Memorial
As part of Women’s History Month, the Military Women's Memorial celebrates the recent Congressional Gold Medal designation for the 223 women whose role was instrumental in World War I. Phyllis Wilson, the president of the Military [...]
The Never Ending Story
Resilience of the 1911 On the evening of the 29th of September, 1918, America's leading air ace of World War I was engaged in a fight for his life. Arizona native Frank Luke had [...]
Mather Field: From WWI combat training days to Capital Airshow cornerstone
MATHER – Each year, the skies over Sacramento County erupt in the thunder of afterburners, vintage warbirds, and thrilling aerial acrobatics. The occasion is the California Capital Airshow, a nationally recognized aviation spectacle that [...]
Dazzle camouflage in WWI had surprisingly little impact, study suggests
The effectiveness of the iconic dazzle camouflage used on British Royal Navy ships during the First World War could be “substantially overestimated”, according to a new study. Instead, the research, published in the journal i-Perception, finds that another type [...]
The World War I origins of “God Bless America” by Irving Berlin
Berlin wrote the song on his way back to America after attending the London premiere (September 30, 1938) of his film Alexander’s Ragtime Band. Introduced by Kate Smith on her CBS radio show, The [...]
This day in history: German Spring Offensive, March 21, 1918
On March 21, 1918, Germany launched its Spring Offensive in the hopes of tipping the scales of the war before American troops and supplies could reach the front. German plans for the Spring Offensive [...]
