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Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the heir to the imperial throne of Austria-Hungary, He was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip. This was just hours after Archudke and his wife had escaped the attacker's bomb. This Made Austria-Hungary furious. -
Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, beginning World War I.
this was a month after Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife were assassinated, soon after within 6 days other European countries were declaring war. -
United states declared war on Germany
Germany was stirring things up with everyone, U.S.A was furious and decided it was time to do something about it. -
William James Bean, In Camp
Upon Arriving in Brooklyn, New York. He departed from Syracuse and is going to be inside for 10 days, they are starting health exams and physicals in training, and he is having lots of good beans. He will soon be able to go to the Y.M.C.A. to write letters, He will also be getting his uniform to come in. he is seeing some sorrowful faces that regret coming here. He got a straw mattress and a feather pillow to sleep on, he sent his clothes home. He will also be being sent to a new company soon -
Letter to mother
He is still in camp, he is getting used to the camp life but where he is at is good enough for him, he wants to be living at home with his wife and mother where he feels free again. This will be his first christmas away from his family and wife ever, but he knows as long as he sticks to his orders and does as hes told he will be okay. He is a Corporal for a little while, there are some new people from syracuse but they are kept in different quarters, he thinks it may be sickness. -
Another letter to mother from William James Bean
He is trying to write letters to his mother as much as possible even if she isnt able to write back to him, he is also getting letters from other people. Jack Delaney Charlie Farley is going to try to come up the base tomorrow and see him. He will be in quarantine until Monday. He mentioned that he has to walk a total of 14 miles a day and 10 of them are in training. He is also allowed to move freely on the grounds without a pass, He is fed extremely well. -
William James Bean goes over seas
This is showing that James eventually made it over seas to go to war, we do not know where exactly, we do not even know when. But he sent a letter to his mother and his wife to let them know, this date is not accurate -
William James Bean on active duty
James sent a letter that he is on active duty at Port Disembarkation, we do not know when exactly this is, but we know he is on active duty now and is safe. -
British and American forces enter Germany
The allies, America and Great Britain decided it was time to strike on Germany and try to end Germanys attacks. -
Peace conference begins in Paris.
This was the discussion between almost all countries involved in World War I to solve all issues and what to do to punish Germany for their war crimes and how they should be punished so they do not do something like this again. -
William James Bean honorable discharged from the Army
This shows that James had been honorably discharged and is honored by the United States of America and can now go home, he made it through the war and can now go see his family, World War 1 is coming to an end -
end of the war
Allied forces and Germany signed the treaty of Versailles. Ending World War I. Germany had several restrictions on their country as a punishment and to prevent this from happening again -
German restrictions in the treaty.
The entire world wanted to remove the possibility of a war ever occurring again at the cause of Germany. Germany had to admit fault of the war and accept new restrictions on their military, They now could only have 100,000 soldiers, and they were not able to have a Navy at all. They could not leave their territory waters. They had several fire arm restrictions placed on the country as well. Germany had to sign that this would not be a issue and they will follow the new restrictions they needed. -
Treaty of Versailles fails for the second time
The treaty was not working and had to be given up on, this is when America made its own treaties with other countries soon -
United States signs separate peace treaties with Germany, Austria, and Hungary.
The United States did not want any more war no matter what, they signed treaties with the people they had past issues with so this would not become a problem again. They signed this to 3 separate countries.