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Wildfires expose — and detonate — buried bombs and mines from WWI and WWII
The wildfires burning across Europe this summer have exposed a potentially deadly threat lurking beneath the blackened landscape: rusty bombs and mines from World War I and II ELSENBORN, Belgium -- The wildfires burning across Europe [...]
Home Again in Uniform: A French Immigrant’s Return to Liberate His Homeland
When Private Marcel Albert Rogissart stepped ashore in France with the American Expeditionary Forces in the spring of 1918, he was returning to a country he knew well. Unlike most of the young Americans [...]
East Side Bridgeport – A Cityscape Made by the Great War
The building was the tallest building in the area and from any window of the top floor you could look over almost the entire East Side. Skydel’s Department Store, where every Easter my mother purchased [...]
The Only Vermont Hello Girl: Sarah Adeline Fecteau Reiber, 1895-1922
Hello Girl of the Month for August, 2026 The only Hello Girl to hail from Vermont, Sarah Adeline Fecteau was born in the Village of White River Junction, Town of Hartford, on 23 August [...]
Over The Top: WWI brings American troops to the front in its first update!
With the arrival of U.S. troops, a fourth nation is joining World War I tonight. As a thank-you to its player base, developer Flying Squirrel Entertainment is bringing a massive content update for free to Over [...]
Americans in the Canadian Army?
How about an entire brigade? When you write historical fiction, sometimes you paint yourself into a corner, and while resolving a plot issue, you discover a bit of hidden history. In my novel, The [...]
The Boston Navy Yard in the First World War: The Ships and the Boats
Over the years, the Boston Navy Yard (also known as the Charlestown Navy Yard) earned the reputation of being a renowned repair yard for the US Navy. At this yard, workers repaired many more ships [...]
Alloways Creek ship graveyard holds hidden WWI history
Alloways Creek ship graveyard is a line of 18 World War I wooden steamships. Located in Salem County, southwestern New Jersey, and flowing into the Delaware River, Alloways Creek meanders for 23.2 miles. The [...]
Doughboy Foundation bugler featured at new Army Brigadier General’s promotion ceremony August 14
Attendees at the promotion ceremony on August 14, 2026 for the U.S. Army's new Brigadier General Ronald Iammartino Jr. enjoyed an unexpected musical bonus as Doughboy Foundation bugler Wilson Childers performed music for the [...]
