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  2. Welcome to the information site for World War I veterans. This is a free site. No fees, subscription, or membership required.

  3. Sources for the Veteran’s database - World War 1 Veterans,...

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    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)

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. The following medals and awards are often listed on the Veterans database: Many thanks to the Indiana War Memorial and Wikipedia for the following images.and information.

  7. Prisoners of War in WW1 - World War 1 Veterans, WWVets.org

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    The International Red Cross played an important role and set up a Prisoner of War Agency to locate men reported missing or taken prisoner. They maintain a "Prisoners of the First World War database" at https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/ Officers generally received better treatment but nationalism and the prejudice of the times prevailed.

  8. Home Front - World War 1 Veterans, WWVets.org

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    Industrialized America played a major roll in the war effort. The new technology leads to a shocking carnage in war efficiency. Airplanes, deadly gas. zeppelins, torpedos, submarines, portable machine guns, and flame throwers became commonplace tools of war.

  9. The US Infantry in WW1 - World War 1 Veterans, WWVets.org

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    From the Captain Albert T. Willis Collection, 1917-1919, PhC.21; World War I scenes in England and France associated with the 322nd Infantry and 81st Division, 1917-1919. US Army Signal Corps photo 81st Division Review.

  10. Rainbow Division | World War 1 Veterans, WWVets.org

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    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."

  11. Medical Corps in WW1 | World War 1 Veterans, WWVets.org

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    Snapshot of an unidentified injured U.S. Army nurse [believed to be Rosalie A. Ferguson of Siler City and Kinston, N.C.], with a bandage around her head, posing outside of a building with unidentified U.S. Army soldiers at the U.S. Army’s Base Hospital No. 65 in Kerhuon, France, during World War I. The men are believed to have been serving in ...