Pictured here are the young men from the town of Oskaloosa, Iowa (Mahaska County) before going to Camp Dodge, Iowa, to be trained to become soldiers to fight in World War I. The United States entered World War I in 1917 after the Lusitania, a…
The young Iowans from Oskaloosa portrayed in this picture capture their final moments before departing for Camp Dodge to train as soldiers before embarking to Europe to fight Germany and Kaiser Wilhelm in World War I. The young men that went to Camp…
World War I officially ended with the signing of an armistice between the Allied Powers and Germany on November 11, 1918. However, the American troops stationed in Europe would remain on the continent for weeks and months following the Great War, as…
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the eleventh month of 1918, the Allies successfully signed an armistice agreement with Germany in Rethondes, France. Aside from huge celebration for this occasion across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East,…
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the eleventh month of 1918, the Allies successfully signed an armistice agreement with Germany in Rethondes, France. Aside from huge celebration for this occasion across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the…
