100 years ago today: US commander General John Pershing was welcomed enthusiastically in France, as Patrick Gregory reports.
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General Pershing arrives – 13 June 1917
100 years ago today: US commander General John Pershing was welcomed enthusiastically in France, as Patrick Gregory reports.
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Cork conference recalls US Navy in Ireland during WW1
International scholars gather at University College Cork this week for a public conference marking the centenary of the US Navy’s First World War deployment to Ireland.
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July 1917 – Building the US Air Service for action in WWI
President Wilson signed legislation on 24 July 1917 earmarking $640 million to create an American air force for war, as Patrick Gregory explains.
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July 1917 – Building the US Air Service for action in WWI
President Wilson signed legislation on 24 July 1917 earmarking $640 million to create an American air force for war, as Patrick Gregory explains.
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Discovering the Unknown – Asian Indian soldiers in the US Military during WWI
Stories of Asian Indians who served America in the Great War are being rediscovered and shared by researcher Tanveer Kalo – as he explains here in Centenary News.
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Discovering the Unknown – Asian Indian soldiers in the US Military during WWI
Stories of Asian Indians who served America in the Great War are being rediscovered and shared by researcher Tanveer Kalo – as he explains here in Centenary News.
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Call for Papers: ‘1914-1918-online’ encyclopaedia
Academics are invited to contribute articles to ‘1914-1918-online’, an international English-language reference work covering the First World War.
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US Navy surveys wreck of WWI cruiser sunk in 1918
The United States Navy is surveying the wreck of USS San Diego, the only major American warship lost in the First World War.
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First ‘100 Cities/100 Memorials’ grant winners announced in US
The first US war memorial restoration projects to win grants under a centennial initiative have been announced by the US WWI Centennial Commission and the Pritzker Military Museum & Library.
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