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Innovative Cosmetic Surgery Restored WWI Vets’ Ravaged Faces—And Lives
Now a multibillion-dollar, nip-and-tuck industry, modern plastic surgery arose a century ago to reconstruct the faces of soldiers disfigured on...
Going to Summer Camp in 1913 Meant Practicing for World War I
How the Plattsburg camps for young men tried to raise a volunteer army ahead of World War I. Erin Blakemore...
How the Shocking Use of Gas in World War I Led Nations to Ban It
The Germans were the first to successfully weaponize gas in World War I—to horrifying effect. Dave Roos Maj. Tracy Everts/US...
How a Regional Conflict Snowballed Into World War I
When Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia in 1914, each of their allies quickly joined the fight. Becky Little Fighting between...
The Hunt for Forgotten World War I Monuments
An art historian is leading a campaign to catalogue, and hopefully preserve, America’s World War I memorials. Christopher Klein PHILIPPE...
In 1916, German Terrorists Launched an Attack on American Soil
An explosion that initially looked like an accident, turned out to be an act of sabotage. EN Elizabeth Nix Published: July...
The False WWI Armistice Report That Fooled America
Four days before the actual end of World War I, a false report misled the country and set off wild...
World War I Runners Faced Perilous But Critical Mission of Carrying Messages
Runners were more reliable than any other form of communication. But the role was among the war's most dangerous. Patrick...
How Harlem Hellfighter Henry Johnson Earned His WWI Medal of Honor
Private Henry Johnson, a member of the renowned all-Black unit, fought off nearly two dozen German soldiers during World War...
