Three photographs show the American army in France during World War I.
The first shows American artillerymen with a 155 millimeter gun; the second shows American wounded being lifted from a hospital train; the third shows Yankee doughboys headed to…
During the Baffle of the Somme in July 1916, an intense artillery barrage lasting seven days was laid down, and then the infantry advance was made on 1st July. The small Township of Montauban was captured by the British on the first day, but it had…
David Farragut (1801-70) was an accomplished U.S. naval officer, who received great acclaim for his service to the Union during the American Civil War (1861-65). Farragut commanded the Union blockade of Southern ports, helped capture the the…
A Copenhagen dispatch announced Oct. 17 that Germany's federal council had accepted a proposed amendment to the constitution making it imperative that the consent of the federal council and reichstag be given before a declaration of war to be made…
American soldiers are shown going through the personal effects of German prisoners for weapons and papers before confining them in prison pens. These prisoners are a few captured by the Americans on the first day of the St. Mihiel attack which began…
This newspaper photo show a young woman in the service of the American Committee for Devastated France. The camions of the committee were kept busy day and night after the launching of the Franco-American counter attack on July 18, supplying food,…
On December 13, 2018, President Woodrow Wilson arrives in the harbor of Brest, France on his way to take part in World War I peace negotiations and to promote his plan for a League of Nations. This was the first time a U.S. President visited Europe.
