world war 1

  • war

    America enters world war 1
  • war

    1,959 passangers, 1,198 were killed, 128 of them were americans
    President Wilson, congress called for declaration of war against germany
  • Germany

    in late june 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a serbian nationalist in saraJevo, Bosnia
  • biographical information

    State of birth minisoda
    Gender male
    race unspecified
    dates of service 1917 - 1919
  • Information Unit

    Yale Mobile Operating Unit number 39, American Expeditionary Force
  • Collection Information

    correspondence-Handwritten document
    Regimental/Unit histories Type written document
    Photocopy of photographic print
  • Germany

    An escalation of threats and mobilization orders followed the incident, leading to mid-august to the outbreak of the world war
  • music

    Throughout world war 1, music was a prominent feature on the home fronts and the battle fields
  • music

    most homes have a piano, and at least one member of each family knew how to play it
  • war

    Lusitania ocean liner was torpetoed without warning on the coast of ireland
  • war

    U.S. infantry troops landed in france. Turning point in the war
  • Location

    Camp Devens, Massachusetts; England; France Rank sergent
  • Germany

    Austria-Hungary and the ottoman empire against great britain.
  • music

    popular music, therefore, saturated the citizenary and reachd all of its corners, forming a great medium
  • war

    The end of the war 2 million american soldiers helped win the war