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WWI Symposium Unites Historians and Attendees for Day of Learning and Networking
The Inaugural World War I Symposium, presented by the Doughboy Foundation, hosted at the prestigious National Press Club in Washington, DC on September 12, 2025, was a resounding success, establishing itself as a premier [...]
Why Did America Enter World War I? Key Reasons & Timeline
Introduction Understanding why did America fight in World War 1 involves examining the historical backdrop and pivotal moments that shifted the U.S. from neutrality to active engagement. Initially, the United States maintained a stance of isolation, [...]
Doughboy MIA for October 2025: Second Lieutenant Eric Halbert Cummings
Our Doughboy Missing in Action (MIA) for October is Second Lieutenant Eric Halbert Cummings, Company C, 26th Infantry Regiment. Born the sixth child of nine children on 25 November 1890 in Dallas, Missouri to [...]
Montana WWI Army Nurse Receives (Posthumous) Silver Star Medal for Valor in Combat
At Bob Hope Veterans Chapel, Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA, September 24, 2025, Lieutenant (nurse) Elizabeth Dorothy Sandelius, US Army Nurse Corps, WWI, received, posthumously, the Silver Star Medal for heroism under [...]
The Hello Girls: From Telephone Switchboards to the Front Lines
With the invention of the telephone in the late 19th century a new profession was also invented: that of switchboard operator. This job was vital because, in the earliest days of the telephone, people [...]
After more than 100 years, World War I battlefields are poisoned and uninhabitable
Some scars never heal. No war in recent memory can compare to the meat grinder of World War I. Europe still bears the scars of the war, even more than a century after the war [...]
The US Army says it’s reviving a World War I practice — using soldiers as walking blood banks when helicopters can’t fly
A recent US Army exercise looked at life-saving medical care when wounded troops can't be flown out. In an intense conflict, getting troops off the field or bringing in supplies could prove extremely difficult. [...]
Heroic Animals of WWI and WWII You’ve Never Heard Of
Throughout the darkest chapters of human history, amidst the chaos and devastation of two world wars, extraordinary animal heroes emerged to save countless lives and change the course of history. While we may be [...]
WWI telephone operator from Ellsworth to receive highest civilian medal posthumously
ELLSWORTH — In the age of new technologies deployed with unprecedented devastation in the chaos of World War I, the then-novel incorporation of telephones in wartime was just as critical to the Allies’ success. [...]
