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Borrowed Soldiers: Americans Under British Command in 1918 (Video)
In this highly informative 48-minute documentary from the Western Front Association, Mitchell Yockelson, senior archivist at the U.S. National Archives and an instructor at the Naval Academy, presents the story of the AEF's II Corps, [...]
It’s true: Saboteurs wanting to keep America out of World War I blew up a ship right in Elliott Bay
Years before the United States entered World War I, the war came to the U.S. As conflict exploded in Europe, the German Empire commenced a widespread plan of espionage and sabotage to sway American public [...]
Mare Island Naval Shipyard During World War One
Northern San Francisco Bay Area; Mare Island ShownMare Island History Mare Island History Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California, became the first United States naval base on the West Coast in 1854. [...]
Doughboy MIA For November 2023: Second Lieutenant Chester Hinkley Kennedy
A man is only missing if he is forgotten… Our Doughboy MIA of the month is Second Lieutenant Chester Hinkley Kennedy, of the 1st Aero Squadron. Chester Kennedy was born November 25, 1895 in McMinnville, [...]
Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points: How a Vision for World Peace Failed
President Wilson's blueprint for ending World War I and avoiding all future global disputes was ambitious—but ultimately a failure. When war broke out in Europe in 1914, the United States vowed to remain neutral. The [...]
Army sets aside WWI convictions of 110 Black Soldiers convicted in 1917 Houston Riots
Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth has approved the recommendation of the Army Board for Correction of Military Records to set aside the courts-martial convictions of the 110 Black Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 24th [...]
How a hospital meeting inspired Wilfred Owen’s World War I poetry
The horrors of World War One were expressed by many of the soldiers who fought in the conflict but few did so with such power and eloquence as Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. Owen is [...]
100 World War I Facts That Everyone Should Know
The First World War was a global conflict of such magnitude the world had never seen before. Technological advancements of the early twentieth century brought efficient new weapons that killed millions and left many with [...]
Wichita’s forgotten hero of the Lost Battalion — and how local veterans are honoring him
Erwin Bleckley was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 1923 for the bravery he displayed in World War I while trying to locate and resupply the famed Lost Battalion. But after a century, very [...]
