On Thanksgiving 1925, 10 of the 15 African-American World War I soldiers who had ties to North Iowa were U.S. Army veterans ...
At 10:59 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, a German machine gun crew fired a burst of rounds at approaching Americans. One bullet struck 23-year-old Pvt. Henry Gunther in the left temple. He died instantly.
John Monsky details the history of the Unknown Soldier and the origins of Veterans Day. The U.S. takes no territory in WWI, only leases for nine cemeteries for the American dead. Each grave has a ...
A historical marker will be placed at Fort Des Moines this summer to honor the 1,000 thousand black soldiers who trained there to become officers during World War One. Researcher Keith King says they ...
On the eleventh of November 1918, the most deadly conflict the world has seen up until that point was coming to an end. Over ...
Soldiers who fought in the Civil War and World War I are buried in the Mica Peak Cemetery without proper markers honoring ...
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Tuesday is Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day). On this day, we remember the Armistice of Nov. 11, 1918, which brought an end to the “War to End All Wars.” American and Allied soldiers ...
No American doughboys remain alive to recall wading through the trenches of the Great War more than a century ago, so a new sculpture in the nation’s capital seeks to speak for them. Officials ...
Arlington, Virginia — On a cold day earlier this month at Arlington National Cemetery, 102-year-old Deborah Eiferman rose from her wheelchair and addressed the crowd. "It's an overwhelming experience, ...
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