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Dedication of the Peabody Memorial to Soldiers on May 30, 2024
“One night on the Marne, while the great second battle was on, I met a friend. We had only a few minutes together, but I managed to give him the address of a friend of [...]
The WWI veteran who stormed Normandy with nothing but a cane and pistol
“We’ll start the war from right here!” Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. purportedly declared as his Higgins landing craft drifted about a mile from its target destination on Utah Beach the morning of June 6, [...]
Reuniting the Pershing and Patton Families: Sandra S. Pershing and Helen A. Patton
Two of the greatest legends in American military history rose from the swirling desert dust of Columbus, New Mexico – John J. Pershing and George S. Patton, Jr. The story begins with Francisco “Pancho” Villa’s [...]
An American Urologist on the Western Front in World War I
Remembering Dr. GG Smith It began like any other clinical encounter between a urologist and their new patient: I asked Mr. Rush what prompted him to schedule the visit and what kind of work he [...]
Connecticut World War I Soldier Awarded Purple Heart
GUILFORD, Conn. – A Connecticut National Guard Soldier assigned to Company M, 102nd Infantry Regiment, received the Purple Heart May 24, more than 100 years after he died during World War I. U.S. Army Sgt. [...]
The Pedersen Device: WWI Doughboy’s Secret Weapon
The Pedersen Device replaced the bolt of the M1903 rifle, turning it into a semiauto rifle with a 40-round magazine. Marching fire, also known as walking fire, is a military tactic—a form of suppressive fire [...]
Reflections on a Ceremony for a WWI Hello Girl, 79 years in the making
Now that the long-anticipated ceremony for Marie Edmee LeRoux is over, and I have had time to draw a breath, I wanted to thank everyone concerned with the event, and share some thoughts I had [...]
Albert Grass: WWI Lakota Code Talker gets bridge named in his Honor
My name is Timothy Hunts-in-Winter, an enrolled citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe who resides in Arizona. I’m just a guy who began researching my family's WWI soldiers and my tribemates’ soldiers almost 3 [...]
Philly sculptor creates bronze for National World War I Memorial
In just a few months, “A Soldier’s Journey,” the bronze sculpture at the National World War I Memorial, will be unveiled just outside the White House. NBC10’s Lucy Bustamante introduces us to the Philadelphia-based artist [...]
