Wednesday, March 23, 2011

ARTILLERY FIRE MOST TERRIFIC IN HISTORY OF THE WORLD

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By: Henry Wood United Press Staff Correspondent August 16, 1916 With the French Armies on the Somme. A thirty mile horseshoe of solid art...

“BETTY” THE DOG SAVED THE LIVES OF 38 CREWMEN OF A TORPEDOED SHIP

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“BETTY” THE DOG SAVED THE LIVES OF 38 CREWMEN OF A TORPEDOED SHIP By Wilbur S. Forrest UPI Correspondent. London July 20, 1915. Thirty eight...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

THE END OF AN ERA, THE LAST AMERICAN WORLD WAR 1 VET DIES

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Frank Woodruff Buckles From the Telegraph: Frank Woodruff Buckles was born on a farm near Bethany, northwest Missouri on February 1 1901, se...
Monday, February 28, 2011

SOLDIER TELLS OF LIFE IN THE TRENCHES

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Soldier tells Of life in the trenches. London Dec. 30. 1914 Correspondent of AP. The following account of life at the front is from a corres...

Fighting in the Air

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A fantastic article about air fighting in WW1, from the Air Service Journal July 1917 Lieut. Col. L.W.B. Rees, RFC and RA Fighting in the Ai...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

FOREIGN DECORATIONS GIVEN TO AMBULANCE SERVICE SOLDIERS FROM PENNSYLVANIA

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I have been negligent on keeping up with this blog. Reason! I jist recently RETIRED and I am just getting into the feel of retirement. I wil...
Monday, September 27, 2010

A GERMAN ARMY CHARGE 1914..OR .HOW ONE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT

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HOW ONE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT “With you fellows I’d fetch the devil out of hell.” I found this great article in the Pottsville Republican Newspa...