Author Chris Dickon explains how many American volunteers were already Great War veterans in 1918 as the US built up its own army for action in Europe.
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The Americans who served with Allied forces through WW1
Author Chris Dickon explains how many American volunteers were already Great War veterans in 1918 as the US built up its own army for action in Europe.
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Argonne project remembering America’s bloodiest WWI battle
A project highlighting key sites in the US Meuse-Argonne Offensive of 1918 has been launched by France’s National Forestry Office.
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Islay remembers 1918 troopship losses
The Scottish island of Islay is embarking on events to commemorate the sinking of the Tuscania and Otranto, with the loss of 700 American and British lives.
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100 Years Ago: Troopship Tuscania sunk carrying US soldiers
The liner Tuscania was torpedoed on 5 February 1918 near the end of a voyage bringing 2,000 US troops to Europe – as Patrick Gregory explains.
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100 Years Ago: Troopship Tuscania sunk carrying US soldiers
The liner Tuscania was torpedoed on 5 February 1918 near the end of a voyage bringing 2,000 US troops to Europe – as Patrick Gregory explains.
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Update on Islay’s Tuscania centenary tribute
People on the Hebridean island of Islay gathered on February 5 for the first in a series of events in 2018 commemorating First World War tragedies on their shores a century ago.
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‘Gassed’ in US Midwest debut at WWI Museum
One of the best known First World War paintings, depicting the aftermath of a gas attack, is the focus for a new exhibition at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, Kansas City.
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100 Years Ago: Flu emerges as new enemy
As an unusually deadly outbreak of influenza confronted the Great War armies, US WWI historian James Taub considers its impact on American forces.
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100 Years Ago: Flu emerges as new enemy
As an unusually deadly outbreak of influenza confronted the Great War armies, US WWI historian James Taub considers its impact on American forces.
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