This article reports on a number of unique and historical events that occurred at Camp Dodge, Iowa during its first 85 years. Camp Dodge opened in 1917 as a training center for U.S. army soldiers in preparation for World War I.
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…
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…
The first page is an aerial view of the German and French trenches along the Soissons front and shows the damage that 5 French armored tanks have done to the German trenches. The second page shows Italian soldiers in the Alps the third page shows an…
This painting by Harold Brett was on the cover of the November 1918 issue of Ladies Home Journal. It shows three soldiers in a trench in Europe during World War I. One is showing his buddies a picture of his mother, "His Thanksgiving"
This songbook belonged to Lester Harry Shay, an infantryman stationed at Camp Pike, Arkansas. This songbook is a gift of Marilyn Shay donated in September 2015.
These members of the First American Engineers, not on duty for the day, are arriving at a training camp in motor trucks to winess a baseball game between teams of rival regiments.
