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1914 - 1919 (4 years)
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| Name |
World War |
| Suffix |
I |
| Started |
28 Jul 1914 |
| Type |
War |
| Enlisted |
18 Sep 1917 |
in the United States Army
RCpl. Raymond Percival Somes |
| Inducted |
9 Jan 1918 |
Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States  [1] |
into the United States Army
Pvt. Everett Weston Barton |
| Military |
From 15 Jun 1918 to 17 May 1919 [2, 3, 4, 5] |
in the American Expeditionary Force
Pvt. Louis Ledwick Rock |
| Enlisted |
23 Jul 1918 |
in the United States Army
Joseph Hyman Wolff |
| Inducted |
24 Oct 1918 |
Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States [6, 7] |
into the United States Army
Pvt. Harold Mayland Barton |
| Ended |
28 Jun 1919 |
Versailles, Île-de-France, France |
Cause: signed
by the Treaty of Versailles |
| Person ID |
I46276 |
Duane's Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
29 Jun 2020 |
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| Sources |
- 1. [S1025] US National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, Everett W. Barton, 00944.
- 2. [S172] Certificate: Death - Louis Rock, 00121.
- 3. [S1122] Find A Grave, Memorial# 44321060, 00974.
- 4. [S1299] History of the Twenty-ninth Division, 1917-1919, 458, 00566.
- 5. [S1387] US Army Transport Service, Passenger Lists, 1910-1939, Outgoing; Princess Matoika; 15 Jun 1918-13 Jun 1919; 370, 01141.
- 6. [S549] US ME WWI Roster, Serial Number: 2803325, 00350.
- 7. [S1096] US Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010, Harold Barton; SSN: 004184264, 00951.
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| 1913 | | 13 May:
Igor Sikorsky's Ilya Mourometz, the world's first 4-engine airplane, takes flight.AFMag SA |
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| 1914 | |
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The first recorded armed aerial victory of World War I occurs when a French reconnaissance aircraft shoots down a German reconnaissance aircraft.A&S WSJ |
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| 1915 | |
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The RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat.1stWW LoC |
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| | 6 Sep:
The first military tank rolls off the assembly line.ACA USArmy |
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| 1916 | | 6 Jul:
"Uncle Sam" is created by James Montgomery Flagg as the cover of Leslie's Weekly.TIME DoD |
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| | 15 Sep:
Tanks are introduced into battle for the first time.SA MotAGI |
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| 1917 | |
| | 15 Oct:
Mata Hari is executed for spying. PBS |
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| | 6 Dec:
The Mont-Blanc, a French munitions ship, explodes in Halifax, Nova Scotia harbor after a collision, killing over 1800, injuring 9000 and entirely obliterating parts of the city.SIMag CanGeo |
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| 1918 | | 11 Mar:
At Fort Riley in Kansas, one of the first cases of what will become known as the Spanish Flu is recorded.WHO ACEP |
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| | 21 Apr:
Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, is shot down and killed in the skies over the Somme River in France.PBS CoF |
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| | 16 May:
The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed curtailing the free speech rights of U. S. citizens during time of war.ZEP MTSU |
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| | 27 Aug:
U. S. Army forces trade shots with Mexican troops and their German advisors in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil.BYU Tucson |
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| | 29 Sep:
Allied forces break through the Hindenburg Line.NCDCR AWM |
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| | 8 Oct:
Acting Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 Germans and takes 132 of them as prisoners in the Battle of the Argonne.GWPDA SgtYork |
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| | 27 Dec:
Greater Poland Uprising - Poles begin their push for independence from Prussian control in the city of Poznań, which quickly spreads.PolandIn PC |
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