They stayed behind
This 1928 photograph captures the marble crosses in Block B of the 42-acre Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Belleau, France. Of the 2,288 American soldiers buried...
Unterseeboot
During World War I, Germany used Unterseeboots, or U-boats, to sink enemy ships, including civilian merchant ships transporting supplies — and possibly weapons. The...
U.S.S. President Lincoln
Before becoming a transport ship for the Navy in April 1917, the U.S.S. President Lincoln was a German passenger ship of the Hamburg-American line. On May 31,...
Women in World War I
Edith Macies, a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, is shown in this photograph from late in World War I. More than 300 women joined the U.S. Marine...
Working on the railroad
As more male workers joined the armed forces during World War I, women like these railroad employees, were encouraged to enter occupations that had traditionally been...
“Yeomanettes” of WWI
This group of Yeomen (or “Yeomanettes” as they were more commonly known) was attached to the Naval Reserve in June, 1918. During World War I, women in the Navy...
York conscientiously objects
This is a claim of appeal for Alvin Cullum York, who was initially denied his claim for a discharge from the U.S. Army based on religious principles. York later...