A bandage and a smile . . .
This photograph of a smiling American soldier with a bandaged arm was taken September 26, 1918, in the Argonne region of northeastern France. During World War I, the...
A German sub raising money
The German submarine U-111 surrendered to the Allies after the November 1918 armistice that ended World War I and was allocated to the U.S. Navy in 1919. The...
An Alien Enemy
During World War I, German Americans were registered as alien enemies, including Hans Joachim von Fischer Treuenfeld. He voluntarily requested to be detained because...
An extraordinary man
Lieutenant Edouard Victor Michael Isaacs, U.S. Navy, was captured on May 31, 1918, by the Germans when the submarine U-90 sent three torpedoes into his ship,...
Appealing to immigrants
The United States Food Administration’s Education Division created this poster during the First World War to encourage newly arrived immigrants to support the...
Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur in 1918
Douglas MacArthur, one of America’s great warriors, had a military career that spanned half a century and ranged around much of the world. This photograph was taken...
Coded message
German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann sent this encoded message to the President of Mexico on January 16, 1917, offering United States territory to Mexico in...