Tagged: World War I

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History / World War I

World War I Roster Book – my Grandfather’s from the 132nd Machine Gun Battalion

My grandfather was in Company B of the 132nd Machine Gun Battalion in World War I. I wrote an article about letters he sent back previously. I also had a roster book for his...

War Remains Dan Carlin 0

History / World War I

War Remains presented by Dan Carlin – World War I VR experience

My grandfather was in World War I. Luckily as an American, trench warfare was mostly complete by the time he got into action. I’ve listened to Dan Carlin’s riveting podcast on World War I,...

Civil War and World War I winter parallels 0

History / World War I

Civil War and World War I winter parallels

I’ve almost finished S.C. Gwynne’s excellent book Rebel Yell – The Violence, Passion, and Redemption of Stonewall Jackson. And the parallels between one scene set in the winter of 1862-1863 with the first winter...

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Featured Posts / World War I

Letters from World War I – Corporal Ellis Edmond “Dutch” Ketchersid

My Grandfather was in the 132 Machine Gun Battalion in the 36th Division, First Army, which was deployed to France in World War I. He passed away in 1982, and somehow I was the...

The World Crisis by Winston Churchill (Part 1: 1911 – 1914) 0

World War I

The World Crisis by Winston Churchill (Part 1: 1911 – 1914)

Winston Churchill was a prolific author, and received the Nobel prize in Literature in 1953. His more well know historical works are his six volume memoirs of the Second World War, and his four...