America’s First WWI Shot | Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's …
Apr 28, 2015 · One of them is this: early on the morning of October 23, 1917, in the Luneville sector of eastern France, the reportedly first American soldier to fire an artillery shot against the “Huns” was a 24-year-old sergeant from South Bend, Alexander Arch, a Hungarian.
About this Collection | World War History: Newspaper Clippings, …
This vast online collection of World War I era newspaper clippings is from a single unique source: the 400-volume, 80,000-page set, World War History: Daily Records and Comments as Appeared in American and Foreign Newspapers, 1914-1926.
Amazing Collection of Newly-Digitized WWI Newspapers at …
This vast online collection of World War I era newspaper clippings is from a single unique source: the 400-volume, 80,000-page set, World War History: Daily Records and Comments as Appeared in American and Foreign Newspapers, 1914-1926.
Articles and Essays | World War History: Newspaper Clippings, …
World War I: A Wartime Clipping Service Update: All 400 Volumes Now Online The massive collection, World War History: Newspaper Clippings, 1914 to 1926, is now fully digitized and freely available on the Library of Congress website. The 79,621 pages are packed with war-related front pages, illustrated feature articles, editorial cartoons, and more.
America's "First Shot" in the War - Library of Congress
America's "First Shot" in the War. This map purports to illustrate America's first artillery salvo of the war, fired on October 23, 1917, by guns in the American 1st Division. Sergeant Alexander Arch barked the order "fire" to the crew manning the 75mm field gun.
THE historic first shot fired in World War 1 may have been found beside the backyard BBQ of a Victorian man who says he retrieved the large shell from the middle of Port Phillip Bay almost 40 years ago.
Start of WWI: Through The Papers - Historic Newspapers
Jan 26, 2021 · The beginning of World War One was depicted in the newspapers in the United States in detail as events unfolded, reporting on notable incidents such the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Britain’s declaration of war against Germany.
Northumbrian Gunner: Mons - First Shots WW1
Mar 24, 2014 · Early in the morning of 22nd August 1914, a cavalry patrol from the 4th Dragoon Guards were investigating reports from the local population that the Germans were in the village of Casteau to the north east of Mons.
News - 100th Anniversary of first shot fired by Americans in WW1 - DVIDS
Oct 23, 2017 · “We are here to commemorate the first shot of the American Expeditionary Force in WW1,” said Lt. Col. Thomas A. Goettke, the commander of the 3rd Battalion, 6th FA. “The 6th Field Artillery...
Hot Off The Presses: Newspapers During WWI
To the average World War I American, newspapers were the Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and Buzzfeed of Americans today. Newspapers offered a way for people to access, escape, and later remember the events of the war.