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RMG15MD7–Yamei Kin was a Chinese physician and pioneer of tofu in America during World War I. Kin was a graduate of the Woman's Medical College in New York and worked as a doctor in China. During World War I she worked closely with the USDA conducting experiments
RMCN0DXY–Mr. Hoover, left and Mr. Clynes, right. Food Controllers respectively for England and America during World War I
RMGKH9AF–Actress Sarah Bernhardt addresses a crowd in Prospect Park on French-American World War I cooperation during a visit to America.
RM2J4T235–WW1 Propaganda Poster UNCLE SAM ' I want you for U.S. Army' : nearest recruiting station / James Montgomery Flagg. 1917. Library of Congress War poster with the famous phrase 'I want you for U. S. Army' shows Uncle Sam pointing his finger at the viewer in order to recruit soldiers for the American Army during World War I. The printed phrase 'Nearest recruiting station' has a blank space below to add the address for enlisting. America USA
RMDP93PR–Portrait of the US-American General John J. Pershing published on the occasion of his death on 15 July 1948. Date and place unknown. Pershing was General of the Armies of the United States of America during World War I. Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte
RM2B0PJXW–British Islands approximate positions of minfields. 19th August 1918. William Rea Furlong was a United States Navy Rear Admiral during World War II, who also served in the Navy during World War I. America, street map with a Nineteenth Century compass
RM2RC063E–Caption: U.S. troops bound for France approach a convoy, as seen from the U.S. Destroyer 'Little'. This photograph was taken while the escort of U.S. destroyers were picking up the convoy after departing from the convoy headed for America during World War I. (Photograph number 31017; taken on October 24, 1918; released by A.E.F. Censor on December 23, 1918.)
RM2P52T7G–'Colored Man is No Slacker'. One of a series of United States government posters produced during World War I to encourage African American recruitment into the armed services.
RMP67HRC–American military observers use an abandoned German position at Montsec, France during World War One 1918
RMD9D27P–American conference on the Western Front, 1917, during World War I. Generals Peershing and Walsh with US Secretary of War Newton D. Baker.
RM2W9W9HB–All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) directed by Edward Berger and starring Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch and Aaron Hilmer. A young German soldier's terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I. Publicity photograph ***EDITORIAL USE ONLY***. Credit: BFA / Netflix
RM2JCH671–Liberal, Kansas - The Mid-America Air Museum. The museum displays over 100 aircraft. The Royal SE-5 was a British scout fighter during World War I.
RMB5MAJ5–Women on tractors World War I 1917 18 History World War I War economies Farmers wives driving tractors Photo c 1917 18
RFHMBB88–Gen. Douglas MacArthur wades ashore during initial landings at Leyte, P.I. October 1944. (Army) Exact Date Shot Unknown NARA FILE #: 111-SC-407101 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1207
RM2A3X6X6–Warner Robins, United States. 09 October, 2019. Statue of 2nd Lt. Eugene Jacques Bullard, the first African American fighter pilot, is unveiled during a ceremony at the Museum of Aviation on Warner Robins Air Force Base October 9, 2019 in Warner Robins, Georgia. The statue was donated to the United States Air Force by the Georgia World War I Centennial Commission. Credit: Tommie Horton/Planetpix/Alamy Live News
RM2JT9H96–A demonstration of the Avro 504K Training biplane aircraft, used during the First World War, by Colonel Charles. E. Lee at the Polo Ground in New York, United States of America.
RMW3NTX2–William Frederick Friedman (1891-1969) was a pioneering American cryptologist who became the chief cryptoanalyst in the Signal Intelligence Service of the War Department, notably leading the teams during WWII that broke various Japanese codes, including ultimately the Purple machine cipher initiated by Japan in 1939. Friedman was married to another notable pioneering cryptologist, Elizebeth Smith Friedman.
RMCWB08J–World War I, American soldiers of the 167th Infantry during the fighting at Seringes, U.S. Signal Corps photograph, 1918
RM2RGDPAC–A British comment on war profiteering by America, and the British right to search neutral merchant vessels for contraband during World War One.
RM2GBTWEG–A 1929 press portrait of French air flight pioneer Dieudonne Costes on his Paris to Texas flight. Costes (1892 – 1973) was a French aviator who set a number of flight distance records and was credited as a fighter ace during World War I. On 2 May 1928, He was awarded multiple awards including the Distinguished Flying Cross by special act of the Congress of the United States in recognition of his historic around the world flight
RM2B01DE4–USA/Philippines: 'I have returned' — General MacArthur returns to the Philippines with Philippine President Sergio Osmena to his right and General Richard K. Sutherland on his left, Leyte, 20 October 1944. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (26 January 26 1880 - 5 April 1964) was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines Campaign.
RM2HJCPH7–Agnes Meyer Driscoll (1889-1971), known as Miss Aggie or Madame X, was a key American cryptanalyst during both World War I and World War II. She co-developed one of the U.S. Navy's cipher machines, the Communications Machine. This cipher machine became a standard enciphering device for the Navy for most of the 1920s. Driscoll led the attack on the Japanese M-1 cipher machine. In October 1940, she worked on breaking the German naval Enigma cipher.
RMPH1FRB–Vintage formal portrait of Democrat Harry S. Truman the 33rd President of the United States, taking office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. A World War I veteran, he assumed the presidency during the waning months of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War.
RM2BD328B–Memorial for the German war dead of the Battle of the Falkland Islands during World War I in December 1914 at the cemetery of Punta Arenas, Region
RM2B0PJXY–Cart du reseau des chemins de fer de l'Est. Avril 1880. William Rea Furlong was a United States Navy Rear Admiral during World War II, who also served in the Navy during World War I. America, street map with a Nineteenth Century compass
RMBTJT95–World War 1 poster showing hardship in France. During World War I, the US Food Administration, lead by Herbert Hoover, helped conserve food for the war and cut civilian consumption of food needed overseas.
RF2PGK0B3–Belfry of the Cathedral at Ypres No city had more bombardments than Ypres during the World War. The Germans used heavy siege-guns which made great holes often 50 feet across and 30 feet deep. This picture shows the effect of the great shells on the great cathedral of Ypres from the book ' Deeds of heroism and bravery : the book of heroes and personal daring ' by Elwyn Alfred Barron and Rupert Hughes, Publication Date 1920 Publisher New York : Harper & Brothers Publishers
RMEC810K–Alan Seeger (1888 – 1916) was an American poet who fought and died in World War I during the Battle of the Somme serving in the French Foreign Legion. Seeger was the uncle of American folk singer Pete Seeger, and was a classmate of T.S. Eliot at Harvard.
RM2W9W9HH–All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) directed by Edward Berger and starring Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch and Aaron Hilmer. A young German soldier's terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I. US one sheet poster ***EDITORIAL USE ONLY***. Credit: BFA / Netflix
RMJJY2H9–Washington, DC - A 'war garden' planted outside the Library of Congress similar to gardens planted during World War I. The garden was created by the A
RMB5MX1G–9US 1917 4 6 A1 2 Entry in war 1917 Soldier bids farewell World War I USA Declaration of war by USA against Germany 6th April 19
RF2KEWXFK–USA - 1919 March 3: An 3 cents violet postage stamp depicting “Victory” and Flags of the Allies. Victory of Allies in World War I. The Allies of World War I, Entente Powers, or Allied Powers were a coalition of countries led by France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, and their colonies during the First World War (1914–1918)
RM2A3X6YR–Warner Robins, United States. 09 October, 2019. Military officials and family members applaud as a statue of 2nd Lt. Eugene Jacques Bullard, the first African American fighter pilot, is unveiled during a ceremony at the Museum of Aviation on Warner Robins Air Force Base October 9, 2019 in Warner Robins, Georgia. The statue was donated to the United States Air Force by the Georgia World War I Centennial Commission. Credit: Tommie Horton/Planetpix/Alamy Live News
RM2B1JN38–American troops heading for the lines during the Battle of Saint-Mihiel, France, a major World War I battle fought from 12–15 September 1918, involving the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) and 110,000 French troops under the command of General John J. Pershing of the United States against German positions.
RMW3NTX0–William Frederick Friedman (1891-1969) was a pioneering American cryptologist who became the chief cryptoanalyst in the Signal Intelligence Service of the War Department, notably leading the teams during WWII that broke various Japanese codes, including ultimately the Purple machine cipher initiated by Japan in 1939. Friedman was married to another notable pioneering cryptologist, Elizebeth Smith Friedman.
RMCWANY1–Daisy Harriman (1870-1967), parading in New York, wearing a Red Cross uniform. During the World War I, she organized the
RM2K5W82F–Edward Mandell House, 1858 - 1938. American diplomat. During World War I he was President Woodrow Wilson's chief adviser on European politics.
RMC897DE–Arrival at Commonwealth Pier, Troopship America, with heroes of the 26th ('Yankee') Division
RM2HEDG8R–First World War era portrait of a American soldier, a Private in the US Third Army. The two chevrons on his lower left arm signifies he has had at least 12 months service in the 'Zone of the Advance'. Believed to have been taken in Germany c.1919 during service with the US army of occupation.
RMG16BKR–Entitled: 'The Woman's Land Army of America - Training school, University of Virginia - Apply Woman's Land Army, U.S. Employment Service, Richmond, Virginia, 1918'. The Woman's Land Army of America (WLAA) was a civilian organization created during WWI to
RM2M9AXA0–Royal Navy - HMS Hornet, an Acheron-class Destroyer that served during the First World War and was sold for breaking in 1921. She was the seventh Royal Navy ship to be named Hornet. Hornet was built under the 1910-11 shipbuilding programme by John Brown & Company of Clydebank, Glasgow and launched on 20 December 1911. She (and her sister ships Hind and Hydra) differed from the standard Admiralty I-class destroyer in only having two shafts instead of three. They had two Brown-Curtis type steam turbines, and twin boilers. Capable of 28 kn (32 mph; 52 km/h), she carried two 4 in (100 mm) guns,
RM2BD329H–Memorial for the German war dead of the Battle of the Falkland Islands during World War I in December 1914 at the cemetery , Punta Arenas, Region de
RM2B0PJY1–Gulf of Cattaro to Corfu. 1878. William Rea Furlong was a United States Navy Rear Admiral during World War II, who also served in the Navy during World War I. America, street map with a Nineteenth Century compass
RM2RCB00C–Soldiers on a military training exercise in rural America during World War I. They are members of the 111th Infantry Regiment conducting drills and maneuvers. This photo was taken in 1919 and was part of a series documenting American military activities.
RM2KA5EY7–A political cartoon from Dallas Morning News 2 March 1917. Iy shows the devil dressed as a German offering 3 southwestern states to Mexico if it joins a war against USA. This was published in response the explosive Zimmerman telegram, is which Germany offered Mexico land in Arizona, Texas and New Mexico in return for Mexican help in a war against the USA during WW1
RMK787TN–General John Pershing impersonator, David Shuey, on horseback during National Memorial Day parade - Washington, DC USA
RM2K02JGF–William Z. Foster (1881 - 1961) radical American labour organizer and Communist politician, whose career included serving as General Secretary of the Communist Party USA from 1945 to 1957. He was previously a member of the Socialist Party of America and the Industrial Workers of the World, leading the drive to organize the packinghouse industry during World War I and the steel strike of 1919.
RF2E1ANN6–Ellis Island - In the 19th century, Ellis Island was the site of Fort Gibson and later became a naval magazine. The first inspection station opened in 1892 and was destroyed by fire in 1897. The second station opened in 1900 and housed facilities for medical quarantines as well as processing immigrants. After 1924, Ellis Island was used primarily as a detention center for migrants. During both World War I and World War II its facilities were also used by the United States military to detain prisoners of war.
RM2JCH63E–Liberal, Kansas - The Mid-America Air Museum. The museum displays over 100 aircraft. The Ryan PT-22 Recruit was a training aircraft during World War I
RME7XR5C–Chart Showing the sources of the USA Army and how the Army dollar was spent during World War I
RM2P0XR9R–Mrs. Abby Scott Baker And Sons, 1917 or 1918. American suffragist and women's rights advocate; Political Chair of the National Woman's Party. Baker had three sons who served during World War I.
RM2A3X6XN–Warner Robins, United States. 09 October, 2019. Military officials and family members watch as a statue of 2nd Lt. Eugene Jacques Bullard, the first African American fighter pilot, is unveiled during a ceremony at the Museum of Aviation on Warner Robins Air Force Base October 9, 2019 in Warner Robins, Georgia. The statue was donated to the United States Air Force by the Georgia World War I Centennial Commission. Credit: Tommie Horton/Planetpix/Alamy Live News
RMP2D5K9–. English: First page of a letter from Arthur Rose Eldred to his mother. Letter written while at sea during World War I. Eldred was the first Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. Transcribed on :Eldred Letter - 1918 A, see also :Author:Arthur Rose Eldred . 5 July 1918. Arthur Rose Eldred 17 Eldred Letter1918Apage1
RMW3WH0Y–William Frederick Friedman (1891-1969), pictured in 1924, was a pioneering American cryptologist who became the chief cryptoanalyst in the Signal Intelligence Service of the War Department, notably leading the teams during WWII that broke various Japanese codes, including ultimately the Purple machine cipher initiated by Japan in 1939. Friedman was married to another notable pioneering cryptologist, Elizebeth Smith Friedman.
RMCWAPG8–Major Theodore Roosevelt Jr. with two other soldiers, Lt. C.R. Holmes, and Sgt. J.A. Murphy during World War I. He would also
RMERGFR2–Wounded American soldier after bombardment on Western Front, France, during World War I (1914 - 1918).
RM2B033Y1–Louis Raemaekers (April 6, 1869 – July 26, 1956) was a Dutch painter and editorial cartoonist for the Amsterdam newspaper De Telegraaf during World War I, noted for his anti-German stance.
RMB5M7PN–1US 523 F1919 John Joseph Pershing in Montreal Photo Pershing John Joseph US American General during World War I Commander in Ch
RMG16B9J–Women working in Welding Department, Lincoln Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan. During World War I, women started working jobs that were traditionally filled by men. These jobs included police officer, bank clerk, ticket seller, elevator operator, chauffeu
RM2M3PAAK–A British comment on war profiteering by America, and the British right to search neutral merchant vessels for contraband during World War One. Date: 1915
RM2PJBF4W–Liberal, Kansas, The Mid-America Air Museum. The museum displays over 100 aircraft. The Royal SE-5 was a British scout fighter during World War I
RM2B0PJY3–Mediterranean archipelago. 1881. William Rea Furlong was a United States Navy Rear Admiral during World War II, who also served in the Navy during World War I. America, street map with a Nineteenth Century compass
RM2RC0R0K–Caption: 'Private Barnes captured this photograph of the USS Destroyer Benham leaving Brest harbor in France. The ship was part of a convoy escorting ships bound for America during World War I. The image was taken from the US Destroyer 'Little' and released by the A.E.F. Censor on December 25, 1918.'
RMBTK7J7–Major Theodore Roosevelt Jr. with two other soldiers, Lt. C.R. Holmes, and Sgt. J.A. Murphy during World War I. He would also serve with distinction as a Brigadier General in World War II. Ca. 1918.
RM2AXPXMN–US Ambassador to Belgium Denise Bauer (1964-) honoring the Belgian soldiers that died during World War I at the military cemetery in Eppegem, Belgium
RF2PGJYPD–The Final Tribute to Edith Cavell The funeral procession entering Westminster Abbey before being taken to the Cathedral in Norwich for interment [Edith Louisa Cavell (4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from both sides without discrimination and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during the First World War, for which she was arrested under martial law. She was accused of treason, found guilty by a court-martial and sentenced to death. Despite international pressure for mercy, she was sh
RF2E1ANKF–Ellis Island - In the 19th century, Ellis Island was the site of Fort Gibson and later became a naval magazine. The first inspection station opened in 1892 and was destroyed by fire in 1897. The second station opened in 1900 and housed facilities for medical quarantines as well as processing immigrants. After 1924, Ellis Island was used primarily as a detention center for migrants. During both World War I and World War II its facilities were also used by the United States military to detain prisoners of war.
RMPA828T–Avenue of the Allies, Great Britain, 1918. Artist: Childe Hassam (American, Dorchester, Massachusetts 1859-1935 East Hampton, New York). Dimensions: 36 x 28 3/8 in. (91.4 x 72.1 cm). Date: 1918. The only major American Impressionist to depict the home front during World War I, Hassam produced his Flag series, some thirty canvases representing Manhattan's Fifth Avenue and adjacent streets decorated with patriotic emblems, from 1916 to 1919. For Liberty Loan drives, organized by the United States government to promote the sale of savings bonds, stretches of Fifth Avenue were draped with flags a
RMHAK2K6–ARLINGTON, Virginia, United States — Members of the US Army perform precision drills during the Twilight Tattoo, an annual military event that showcases the discipline and skills of the armed forces. The event is open to the public and serves as a means of connecting with and educating the community about the US Army's history and traditions.
RM2P0YH64–U.S.S. Wyoming Leading Battleships in Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1917. Shows the dreadnought USS Wyoming leading what is likely Battleship Division Nine on its way to England, where the ship ships became part of the British Grand Fleet during World War I.
RMC3761H–Eat Cane Syrup and Molasses - Save Sugar - US Food Administration Home Front Poster during World War I
RMP2D5KE–. English: First page of a letter from Arthur Rose Eldred to his mother. Letter written while in Italy during World War I. Eldred was the first Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. Transcribed on :Eldred Letter - 1918 B, see also :Author:Arthur Rose Eldred . 23 July 1918. Arthur Rose Eldred 17 Eldred Letter1918Bpage1
RMW3WH11–William Frederick Friedman (1891-1969), pictured in 1924, was a pioneering American cryptologist who became the chief cryptoanalyst in the Signal Intelligence Service of the War Department, notably leading the teams during WWII that broke various Japanese codes, including ultimately the Purple machine cipher initiated by Japan in 1939. Friedman was married to another notable pioneering cryptologist, Elizebeth Smith Friedman.
RMCWA89W–Portrait of a Franklin D. Roosevelt, probably taken when he was assistant secretary of the navy during World War I.
RM2RAADNR–A British comment on war profiteering by America, and the British right to search neutral merchant vessels for contraband during World War One. Date: 1915
RM2B00N70–Armenia: Fundraising poster for the American Committee for Relief in the Near East - the United States contributed a significant amount of aid to help Armenians during the Armenian Genocide. Poster by Douglas Volk (1856-1935). The Armenian Genocide refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was implemented through wholesale massacres and deportations, with the deportations consisting of forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees.
RM2AX912M–Wonder Woman (2017) directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Ewen Bremner and Connie Nielsen. DC Comics Amazonian warrior Diana hits the big screen and helps humanity during World War I.
RM2H6GJK9–Spectators on Fifth Avenue in New York during the Veterans Day Parade on Thursday, November 11, 2021, returning after a one-year pandemic hiatus. On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month the guns fell silent in 1918 marking the end of World War I. The holiday has been expanded to include all American soldiers from all wars. (© Richard B. Levine)
RM2M3P6RC–Scenes in silhouette showing how British soldiers helped their Allies during World War One. In Belgium, the R.A.S.C transported villagers from a ruined village. In France, a divisional commander with the mayor of a relieved French town takes the salute of a passing battalion. In Italy, British soldiers help out the local ladies at a well and with America, the British make friends with American soldiers behind the lines. Date: 1919
RMR213AD–A giant American flag is carried on Fifth Avenue in New York during the Veterans Day Parade on Sunday, November 11, 2018. Originally knows as Armistice Day, this year the holiday commemorates the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month the guns fell silent in 1918 marking the end of World War I. The holiday has been expanded to include all American soldiers from all wars. (© Richard B. Levine)
RM2WRCC83–IMPERATOR, Photo shows the U. S.S. Imperator, formerly the S.S. Imperator (an ocean liner of the Hamburg America Line) during its service as a civilian transport ship returning soldiers to the United States after World War I., 1919, Glass negatives, 1 negative: glass
RM2RCHPKF–Group of military officers pictured aboard the 'SAMLAND' ship returning to America during World War I. The officers from left to right are 2nd Lt. A.P. Cammeyer, Jr., 1st Lt. Gillis A. Johnson, 1st Lt. A.M. Schoefer, 1st Lt. J.H. Sunderlin, Maj. J.E. Brady, and 1st Lt. James R. Stockton. Picture taken in St. Nazaire, France.
RMBTK6XC–Daisy Harriman (1870-1967), parading in New York, wearing a Red Cross uniform. During the World War I, she organized the American Red Cross Women's Motor Corps and directed them in France. Ca. 1917-18.
RM2AXPXMC–US Ambassador to Belgium Denise Bauer (1964-) honoring the Belgian soldiers that died during World War I at the military cemetery in Eppegem, Belgium
RF2PGJYPJ–Memorial in Norwich, England, Dedicated to Edith Cavell [Edith Louisa Cavell (4 December 1865 – 12 October 1915) was a British nurse. She is celebrated for saving the lives of soldiers from both sides without discrimination and for helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during the First World War, for which she was arrested under martial law. She was accused of treason, found guilty by a court-martial and sentenced to death. Despite international pressure for mercy, she was shot by a German firing squad. Her execution received worldwide condemnation and extensive
RF2E1ANP4–Ellis Island - In the 19th century, Ellis Island was the site of Fort Gibson and later became a naval magazine. The first inspection station opened in 1892 and was destroyed by fire in 1897. The second station opened in 1900 and housed facilities for medical quarantines as well as processing immigrants. After 1924, Ellis Island was used primarily as a detention center for migrants. During both World War I and World War II its facilities were also used by the United States military to detain prisoners of war.
RM2TDGFHP–Portrait of Ernest Hemingway as an American Red Cross volunteer during World War I, Milan, Italy. Year 1918. Ermeni Studios, Milan, Italy.
RMHAK2K0–ARLINGTON, Virginia, United States — Members of the US Army perform precision drills during the Twilight Tattoo, an annual military event that showcases the discipline and skills of the armed forces. The event is open to the public and serves as a means of connecting with and educating the community about the US Army's history and traditions.
RM2P0Y58Y–Rheims, France - American War Correspondents: French Officer; Mrs. Harriet C. Adams; Paul Cravath; Capt. Paul Dumas, Wearing Artificial Hand And arm; Unidentified; Charles Edward Russell; Unidentified; Judge Robert Grant, 1916. American explorer, writer and photographer Harriet Chalmers Adamss was a correspondent for Harper's Magazine in Europe during World War I. She was the only female journalist permitted to visit the trenches. Lawyer Paul Drennan Cravath demanded American intervention in the war against Germany. Charles Edward Russell was a journalist, opinion columnist, newspaper editor,
RMERM6F8–World War I tank turret set up as an instant pillbox, a last line of defense if it had been needed during WWII, Battle of Midway National Memorial
RMP2D5KP–. English: Fourth page of a letter from Arthur Rose Eldred to his mother. Letter written while in Italy during World War I. Eldred was the first Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. Transcribed on :Eldred Letter - 1918 B, see also :Author:Arthur Rose Eldred . 23 July 1918. Arthur Rose Eldred 17 Eldred Letter1918Bpage4
RMW3NTWT–Elizebeth Smith Friedman (1892-1980) was a brilliant cryptanalyst and pioneer in U.S. cryptology. She was married to cryptologist William Friedman and is known as 'America's first female cryptanalyst.' She worked with various U.S. agencies in breaking codes during WWI and WWII, and during Prohibition she cracked the codes of rum runners and international drug traffickers. (Photo circa 1940s)
RMCWAA37–George Creel (1876-1953) applied his journalism skills as head of the U.S. publicity bureau during World War I, to government
RMT7M26M–The red poppies that are blooming along North Carolina highways were planted by N.C. Department of Transportation crews, and they have a special meaning. The flowers were planted in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entering World War I and are in memory of servicemen and women killed during the war. The NCDOT and the state Natural and Cultural Resources Department partnered to plant the flowers in honor of the centennial anniversary. The red poppy is the official emblem of remembrance of the American Legion, and has been used as a symbol to commemorate war dead since World Wa
RM2B02FCH–Along with the rest of the Marshalls, Enewetak was captured by the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1914 during World War I and mandated to the Empire of Japan by the League of Nations in 1920. The Japanese administered the island under the South Pacific Mandate, but mostly left local affairs in hands of traditional local leaders until the start of World War II. During the Battle of Eniwetok in February 1944, the United States captured Enewetak in a five-day amphibious operation, with major combat on Engebi Islet, the most important Japanese installation on the atoll. Combat also occurred on the mai
RM2AX917M–Wonder Woman (2017) directed by Patty Jenkins and starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Ewen Bremner and Connie Nielsen. DC Comics Amazonian warrior Diana hits the big screen and helps humanity during World War I.
RM2H6GJK8–Spectators on Fifth Avenue in New York during the Veterans Day Parade on Thursday, November 11, 2021, returning after a one-year pandemic hiatus. On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month the guns fell silent in 1918 marking the end of World War I. The holiday has been expanded to include all American soldiers from all wars. (© Richard B. Levine)
![Elsie Janis (March 16, 1889 February 26, 1956), American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as "the sweetheart of the AEF" (American Expeditionary Force). Pictured in The Sketch at the time she was leaving London and her popular role in a revue at the Palace Theatre, 'The Passing Show,' to go back to America. She would return periodically throughout the war and remained one of London's favourite and highest paid actresses. Date: 1914 Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2M3P9TT/elsie-janis-march-16-1889-february-26-1956-american-singer-songwriter-actress-and-screenwriter-entertaining-the-troops-during-world-war-i-immortalized-her-as-quotthe-sweetheart-of-the-aefquot-american-expeditionary-force-pictured-in-the-sketch-at-the-time-she-was-leaving-london-and-her-popular-role-in-a-revue-at-the-palace-theatre-the-passing-show-to-go-back-to-america-she-would-return-periodically-throughout-the-war-and-remained-one-of-londons-favourite-and-highest-paid-actresses-date-1914-2M3P9TT.jpg "Elsie Janis (March 16, 1889 February 26, 1956), American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as "the sweetheart of the AEF" (American Expeditionary Force). Pictured in The Sketch at the time she was leaving London and her popular role in a revue at the Palace Theatre, 'The Passing Show,' to go back to America. She would return periodically throughout the war and remained one of London's favourite and highest paid actresses. Date: 1914 Stock Photo")
RM2M3P9TT–Elsie Janis (March 16, 1889 February 26, 1956), American singer, songwriter, actress, and screenwriter. Entertaining the troops during World War I immortalized her as "the sweetheart of the AEF" (American Expeditionary Force). Pictured in The Sketch at the time she was leaving London and her popular role in a revue at the Palace Theatre, 'The Passing Show,' to go back to America. She would return periodically throughout the war and remained one of London's favourite and highest paid actresses. Date: 1914
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