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Archibald was born in Moorhead, Minnesota in Jun 1891.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo. His death is what sparked the first World War.
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Germany invaded Belgium witch is what activated the World War.
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A German submarine sinks the passenger liner Lusitania. The ship cared 1,198 people and 128 of them were Americans.
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The British employ the first tanks ever used in battle, at Deville Wood.
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Archibald Joined the Yale Mobile Hospital in June 1917, he later achieved the rank of sergeant.
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Archibald served during the first world war.
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British intelligence gives Wilson the so-called Zimmerman Telegram.
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Congress authorizes a declaration of war against Germany. The U.S. entered the war sided with France and Britain.
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The battle of Cantigny is the first major American offensive of the war.
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The Battle of Belleau Wood begins as the U.S. Marine corps attacks the Germans across an open field of wheat, suffering huge casualties.
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The battle of St.Mihiel began when 300,00 American troops under direct command of General Pershing. They began to fling themselves into German lines.
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An Armistic is signed ending fighting on the Western front.
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After Archibald service, Archibald went to Stanford were he enrned a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
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Archibald lived to 88 and he passed away in Irrington, Virginia.