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Remembering the Great War: “I see the scars all over Europe and America, elegantly dressed.”
All summer, I’d find myself faced with WWI memorials. I notice them everywhere & they mean so much to me since, blessedly, the Doughboy Foundation woke me up. It was Dan Dayton who saw me [...]
The Day a Rookie Shot Down an Ace
On 25 July 1918, 1st Lt. Walter Avery of the U.S. 95th Aero Squadron shot down veteran German ace Oberleutenant Carl Menckhoff (who had 39 victories) near Château-Thierry, France on his first combat mission. [...]
The Americans Who Flew for France
On a French airfield in 1916, you might have found two lion cubs named Whiskey and Soda padding between the tents, and a group of young Americans who had crossed an ocean to fight [...]
Putin Can Learn 3 Big Lessons From World War I
It has become commonplace to compare the war in Ukraine to World War I, with its desolate blasted landscapes and grinding trench warfare. Beyond the battlefields, there are political parallels as well. Last year, [...]
American Dreadnoughts at War
The legendary Great White Fleet, which sailed around the world from December 1907 to February 1909, had many achievements but came up short on one of President Theodore Roosevelt's list of objectives. In the [...]
WWI, Ada Kepley and Patriotism
Visitors to the Effingham County Museum can learn much about a person who is a major figure in women's history, whether locally, nationally or globally. There are displays on the walls, in glass cabinets, [...]
Unusual burial record leads Netherlands father, son on international search for info on WWI soldier from Lilly
LILLY, Pa. – A partial grave marker from a former World War I cemetery in France led a Netherlands father and son down a rabbit hole of unusual circumstances regarding the burial of Lilly [...]
Touched by the Great War: Remembering Sam Neill
On 13 July, New Zealander and distinguished actor Sam Neill died of pneumonia at age 78. Over a highly acclaimed half-century, Neill played numerous memorable roles, including a dinosaur chaser in Jurassic Park, a Soviet [...]
Profiles Of Valor: GySgt Charles Hoffman and Cpl Henry Pruitt (USMC)
This is the last in my series on double Medal of Honor recipients; in both of these cases, two Medals for the same action. The recipients were both World War I Marines, GySgt Charles [...]
