February 4, 2021 I’m Sorry, Mr. President, But I Don’t Agree With That At All On Oct. 3, 1917, Gen. John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, visited…
January 5, 2021 Elizebeth Who? She wrote the book on code breaking for the U.S. Army, and taught the first cryptography classes to soldiers…
May 27, 2020 The Battle of Cantigny in the words of Lt. Col. George C. Marshall After the United States declared war on the Central Powers April 6, 1917, the first U.S. troops arrived in France…
April 16, 2020 Marshall and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Recently we looked into whether George C. Marshall made any statements regarding the 1918 influenza pandemic. Marshall does note divisions…
February 28, 2020 Marshall’s Silver Star George Marshall never led troops into battle, and this fact disappointed him. In World War I, though he asked to…
November 9, 2018 Marshall and the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice The 100th anniversary of the end of World War I takes place on November 11th. This blog contains three passages…
November 14, 2014 Armistice and the Homer Simpson Collection At 5 a.m. on the morning of November 11, 1918, the Armistice, which ceased hostilities during World War I as…
