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In 1914 most Americans called for neutrality, seeing the war as a dreadful mistake and were determined to stay out. By 1917 the same public felt just as strongly that going to war was both necessary and wise. Military leaders had little to say during this debate, and military considerations were seldom raised.
An article in the Army and Navy Register from July 4, 1918 [12] states that the rank of motor sergeant had been created under authority granted to the president to reorganize the army as needed during the war. The article goes on the state that there was a law before congress that would create the rank of motor sergeant in all branches and ...
Uncle Sam pointing his finger at the viewer in order to recruit soldiers for the American Army during World War I, 1917-1918 Sheet music cover for patriotic song, 1917. The Selective Service Act of 1917 or Selective Draft Act (Pub. L. 65–12, 40 Stat. 76, enacted May 18, 1917) authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.
The Regulars: The American Army, 1898–1941 (2007) excerpt and text search; Coffman, Edward M. The War to End All Wars: The American Military Experience in World War I (1998), a standard history; Coumbe, Arthur T. A History of the U.S. Army Officer Corps, 1900–1990 (2014). Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College Press.
1. Millions of soldiers and civilians died. Death estimates for "The War to End All Wars" vary greatly by study. However, most estimates put the total number at around nine million combatants and ...
During the course of the war, 21,498 U.S. Army nurses (American military nurses were all women then) served in military hospitals in the United States and overseas. Many of these women were positioned near to battlefields, and they tended to over a million soldiers who had been wounded or were unwell.
In colonial times, the Thirteen Colonies used a militia system for defense. Colonial militia laws—and after independence, those of the United States and the various states—required able-bodied males to enroll in the militia, to undergo a minimum of military training, and to serve for limited periods of time in war or emergency.
82nd Division ("All-American Division") 5 August 1917 18 July 1918 Maj. Gen. Eben Swift Maj. Gen. William P. Burnham Maj. Gen. George B. Duncan: Saint-Mihiel Meuse–Argonne: 83rd Division ("Ohio Division") 5 August 1917 None (Depot Division) Maj. Gen. Edwin F. Glenn Brig. Gen. Willard A. Holbrook: Vittorio Veneto (332nd Infantry only)