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The Archduke of the Austro-Hungarian empire was assassinated by Bosnian Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip.
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Werner Horn, who was a German officer was arrested for bombing, which damaged a bridge that connects the U.S. and Canada
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A passenger ship Lusitania sunk. German-U boats attacked the ship. 1,198 people drown, 128 of them were U.S. citizens.
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He is upset that he is missing out on the fun things like picnics and parties. Henry also mentions the people he wishes to see.
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President Wilson sign the declaration and the U.S. puts the entire country on the road to war. Standing army going from 133,000 men with barely any heavy artillery pieces, to inducting millions of men and giving them basic combat training.
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9,586,508 men from ages 21 to 31 registered at their local draft boards. Some were greeted by military bands and cheering outlookers.
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Commander-in-Chief of American Expeditionary Forces, General John J. Pershing, greets the infantrymen and engineers.
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Two weeks after 1st Division enters combat on the Western Front, American soldiers, James Gresham, Merle D. Hay, and Thomas F. Enright are killed
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Henry is mentioning that the government is going to give half of their pay to either their wives, parents or close relatives. If they don’t have any of those they will put it in the ships co bank until they are discharged.
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The Navy placed a total of 56,570 sea mines to create a 300-mile barrier against Germany. It stretched from Scotland to Norway.
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Henry mentions that he is lonesome and blue. The chief told him that he would give them a free day furlough. He said he feels as though they are trying to make his life miserable. He also mentioned submarines and how he’d rather fight them here than on the other side.
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The CWS coordinated all aspects of chemical warfare which included administration, research, gas defense and offensive, development and medical training.
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Henry states that he is lonely and is might quit going ashore. He is talking about how the ship has changed since the last time he was on it.
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Henry is scared that he will not make it to the end of the war. He feels as though he is getting sick. He also states that they are going to be put on bigger ships because the other boats aren’t sea worthy, but he has to make one more trip with the mines.
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Terms of Allied Armistice were presented. Fighting ended on the Western Front at 11:00 a.m., Paris time and Germany signed the armistice with the Allied Powers.
