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Teaching Students About The Allies During WWI
Teaching students about World War I can be a challenging task. This global conflict, which lasted from 1914 to 1918, involved multiple nations and affected people from all walks of life. To help students understand [...]
Military students make special visit to WWI sites during history trip to Western Europe
During a nine-day military history trip last month to Western Europe led by Department of History Online Dean Dr. Carey Roberts, a group of Liberty University students and one professor (most of them veterans) took [...]
National World War I Memorial Sculpture Update: One More Section To Go
Penultimate clay section shipped to foundry in UK Sculptor Sabin Howard took to Instagram June 15 to report on the challenges encountered preparing to ship the next-to-last segment of the monumental sculpture for [...]
How Montana Fought World War I
As the Great War shook the world, Montana felt more impact than most states. WWI was at the nexus of political and immigration issues, labor strife, and a deadly pandemic, as well as the beginning [...]
A North Dakotan’s long road back from ‘shell shock’ in World War I
Now recognized as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), many soldiers suffered from what was then considered a 'hidden wound' of war. World War I was known as the “Great War” or the “War to End All [...]
Doughboy MIA For June 2023: Captain Kenyon Roper, Observer, 91st Aero Squadron
Early in the morning of Saturday, 14 September 1918, First Lieutenant Paul H. “Huggy” Hughey entered the office of his Squadron Commander, Captain Everett R Cook, with a request. The pilot, Lieutenant Hughey, was due [...]
A brief history of the WWI Espionage Act in the Pacific Northwest
The WWI-era law former President Trump is accused of breaking has a controversial past, with a first few prosecutions tracing back to Seattle. he Espionage Act is in the news with the indictment and arrest [...]
Army renames Louisiana base for Black WWI hero who received Medal of Honor
Sgt. William Henry Johnson was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 2015. FORT JOHNSON, La. (AP) — A U.S. Army base in western Louisiana was renamed Tuesday to honor Sgt. William Henry Johnson, a [...]
Comic Book Greats Band Together to Tell the WWI Medal of Honor Story of Samuel Woodfill
When asked who the most outstanding soldier of World War I was, commander of the American Expeditionary Force John J. Pershing surprised everyone. There were many names to choose from, many of which had achieved [...]
