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Gloucestershire foundry completes WWI memorial for US
The final piece of America's first national memorial to US servicemen killed in World War One is being bronzed at a foundry in Gloucestershire. American sculptor Sabin Howard and the Pangolin Foundry in Stroud have [...]
Survival and Rescue at Sea: The First Mission of Ensign Kenneth R. Smith, USN
Newly commissioned Kenneth Smith was a 1917 graduate of Yale University and member of the First Yale Aviation Unit. The story of his first combat mission is an epic one. Kenneth Smith (R) and [...]
The Truth About WWI “Trench Guns”
During the First World War, the Winchester M1897, fitted with the M1917 bayonet, (colloquially called the “trench gun” by collectors) became perhaps the most iconic and immediately recognizable American small arm of the conflict. It is unusual, [...]
Losing a son and brother: A Quincy family and World War I
When the United States entered World War I in 1917, the U.S. Army was generally small, inexperienced and poorly equipped for warfare on the European front. In contrast, National Guard units, including the all Black, [...]
“Ready”… a title befitting the East Hartford, CT Doughboy
The Town of East Hartford, Raymond Library, the Rochambeau-Elms Post 2083 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, East Hartford Veterans Commission, and the Historical Society of East Hartford have since 2018, had a wreath laying [...]
WWI Veteran Memorial Finally Being Built
One of the great advantages I’ve had over the dozen years or so that I’ve written for the two publications I’ve had the privilege to scribble the various thoughts I’ve had come into my mind [...]
Ipswich in WWI
Chronicles of Ipswich in the War 1917-1918 A largely attended ”Military Mass Meeting” was held in the Ipswich Town Hall on Friday evening, March 30th, 1917. Sergeant Myers of the Regular Army, Major Thomas Walsh, Sergeant Hammond of [...]
Bugler sounds taps for the 1,000th time at World War I Memorial on Presidents Day
WASHINGTON — Every day a lone bugler stands at the World War I Memorial across the plaza from a statue of Army Gen. John Pershing. The bugler salutes the American flag, lifts a simple brass [...]
A Survey: The Generational Correlation Between Trauma in Families of the Navajo Long Walk and Trauma in World War I
First and foremost, thank you Reader for reading this article about generational trauma. My name is Ava Marie Machtinger, and I am a Junior at Saint Pius X High School, taking the class known as [...]
