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The WW1 veterans who grew up in the long shadow of the Civil War veterans, fought the first World War only later to have to send their sons and daughters off to fight an even larger war. This website is dedicated to their memory and primarily consists of their stories in their own words.
The nickname "Rainbow Division" represented the diversity of men grouped into one division as reflected by Chief of Staff Major Douglass Mac Arthur that they "would stretch over the whole country like a rainbow."
Indiana Persons in the World War Indiana State Archives Collection: Names Addresses and Serial Numbers of the Indiana Persons Serving in the World War. Prepared from “RECORDS FROM THE UNITED STATES WAR DEPARTMENT” by the office of the Adjutant General of Indiana. 1927 (No publisher, 4 books containing a county binding of typed lists)
"Prof. John B. McMaster in his work, 'United States in the World War," gives the following account of the battle: "The first trench fighting occurred just before dawn on the morning of November 3, with a small detachment of Americans in a front line instruction salient were attacked by a superior force of Germans and the salient cut off from ...
Veterans of the World War 1 There is no comprehensive list of the over four million men that fought in World War 1 from the United States. Most of the records were lost in a fire at the National Archives Personnel Records Center in 1973.
There were 661 Silver Stars awarded to members of the Armed Forces that fought in World War 1. US WW1 Victory Medal Awarded to all enlisted who participated in a theatre of war between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918.
Snapshot of the front of the outdoor area around the barracks and training area for the Supply Company of the 9th Regiment [Training] at Camp Jackson, S.C., around 1918 during World War I. Photograph taken or collected by Willie H. Mann of Chatham County, N.C., while he was stationed in the 81st Infantry Division, U.S. Army, at Camp Jackson ...
Snapshot of a line of U.S. Army soldiers, some of which are injured and recovering, standing outside of a building believed to be a mess hall appearing to be waiting for a meal at the U.S. Army’s Base Hospital No. 65 in Kerhuon, France, during World War I. The men are holding their Army mess kits.
It depicts the aftermath of a mustard gas attack during World War 1, with a line of wounded soldiers walking towards a first aid station. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gassed_(painting) British troops blinded by gas poison
Clear nights enabled the British air force in cooperation with the American forces to attack railway lines. They were joined by the French and one Italian squadron to attack command centers near the front lines. The intelligence gathered from reconnaissance flights proved invaluable to the Allies." US Air Service in World War 1, 1921