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Returning Soldiers and Sailors

A Bureau for Returning Soldiers and Sailors was established by the United States Employment Service with branches in every state to help returning servicemen find jobs. The first document has the name of Captain Patterson, 26th Airborn, Provo. The…

Ocean Width No Screen to Keep Horrors in Dark

President Woodrow Wilson delivers a speech at Paris City Hall on December 16, 1918

Prince of Wales during World War I

The first of two photographs of the Prince of Wales shows him in 1915 and again in uniform campaigning with British troops

In Memory of Edward A. Howard

There are 3 pieces of memorabilia here. The first is a letter from John J. Pershing, thanking Edward Howard for his service in World War I dated February 28, 1919. There is a photograph of Mr. Howard in his uniform and a signal school certificate…

1918 Armistice Day Parade

This photo shows people lining up for the 1918 Armistice Day Parade

The Master's Way

This booklet was put out by the International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations in 1918

Pocket New Testament

This World War I pocket sized New Testament was used by a World War I Soldier in 1918. It was donated in July 2015 by Gene and Kay Hill.

General Pershing

General John J. Pershing personally led the American Expeditionary Force in Europe during World War I. His image was used in an advertisement for the C.E. Goughnour & Son Department Cash Department Store in Ankeny, Iowa during World War I. It was…

Hearty Christmas Greetings

Christmas Greetings

Fred Herbert writes - "From God's greatest gift to me - My Mother" in this Christmas card from December 25, 1917.

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