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October 28, 2021

Great War

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JAG File: All things History

"I Just Saluted The Kaiser" and 19 other expressions the Great War gave us

Oct 21, 2021
Meuse – This etching features a view of the Belgian city of Huy from the Meuse River published in January 1916. After the bridge over the Meuse was destroyed by the retreating Belgian Army, Huy was attacked by the 2nd German Army on its way to Namur.
Museums, Clubs, Organizations

'Etched in Memory' exhibit at National WWI Museum and Memorial

Sep 23, 2019
Dr. John H. Morrow, Jr., recipient of the 2019 Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing
Museums, Clubs, Organizations

Pritzker Military Museum & Library's 2019 Literature Award Recipient

Jul 9, 2019
Play Ball! Doughboys and Baseball During the Great War, by Alexander F. Barnes, Peter L. Belmonte, and Samuel O. Barnes (ISBN: 978-0764356780, Schiffer Publishing, 4880 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310; 610-593-1777; www.schifferbooks.com. Hardcover, 256 pages, illustrated throughout, 2019, $26.99)
Book Reviews-Militaria Collecting

Book Review: Play Ball! Doughboys and Baseball During the Great War

Nov 25, 2019
Glenn L. Niccum — a “Polar Bear” from Detroit who served in North Russia during WWI.
Militaria Collecting 101

Favorite Find: Sgt. Glenn Lee Niccum - A Polar Bear

Nov 13, 2019
As the Great War bogged down into a trench slug- fest, armies of both sides produced and carried a vast array of close-combat weapons including small, versatile weapons that the combatants would come to call, “trench knives.” This Belgian soldier wearing body armor and a Farina-style helmet, carries a modified Mauser bayonet in his teeth. John Adams-Graf collection
Militaria Collectibles

Trench Knives of the Great War

Jan 24, 2019
Corporal Leo G. Rauf, 301st Tank Battalion. He died, in action, on September 29, 1918, while manning the 6-lb gun on a Mark V tank. His body was laid to rest in a French cemetery and removed in 1921 to return to the United States for reinterment.
Militaria Collectibles

Finding Leo

Dec 4, 2017
JAG File: All things History

The Great War Didn’t End with the Armistice

Nov 16, 2017
JAG File: All things History

COLLECTORS HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN WWI

Feb 16, 2017
Glenn L. Niccum, a “Polar Bear” from Detroit who served in North Russia during WWI.
Headgear

Favorite Finds - A Polar Bear

Nov 12, 2019
JAG File: All things History

Remembering When the Belgian Lion Roared

Nov 12, 2019
Khaki vs Color: British troops charge past fallen French soldiers.
3. Indian Wars Through WWI

Remembering 'The Great War' with living-history event

Apr 15, 2020
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JAG File: All things History

Rediscovering the 'Belgian Aviator'

Nov 12, 2019
The Rockwell brothers, Kiffin and Paul, getting ready to leave for the front lines in September 1914. They are wearing the classic dark blue and madder red uniforms.
Uniforms

Legionnaire! Americans in the French Foreign Legion, 1914-1918

Nov 12, 2019
Trench warfare during WWI forced new combat techniques -- including hand-thrown grenades. This photo shows French soldiers, ca. 1916, preparing a case of grenades during a lull in combat.
Firearms and Ordnance

WWI French Fragmentation Grenades

Apr 9, 2020

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