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An advertisement from the American Library Association (ALA) encourages veterans to contact their hospital libraries for books on jobs.

An advertisement from the American Red Cross honors the ultimate sacrifice made by three World War I soldiers. Merle David Hay, Thomas Francis Enright, and James Bethel Gresham were the first American soldiers killed in action in France during World…

An advertisement for women to attend the Summer Conference of the World Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) at College Camp, Lake Geneva, WI in 1918. Established in England in 1885 to advocate for social and economic improvement for women, the…

The National Jewish Welfare Board was formed after the United States declared war on Germany in 1917. The board mainly sought support for U.S. Jewish soldiers who fought for their country during World War I.

A World War I promotion of the Fourth Liberty Loan bond campaign depicts a German soldier abducting a young woman as a town burns in the background.

An advertisement for women to apply for membership in the World Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Land Service Committee. Established in England in 1885 to advocate for social and economic improvement for women, the YWCA became the largest…

A poster from the Interchurch World Movement shows a woman and child praying together. The Interchurch World Movement (1919-1920) was established in the aftermath of World War I and sought to help spread Christianity through missionary work around…

Navy recruits form to create a live version of the American flag at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Chicago.

American troops prepare to leave Brest, France for the United States.

Returning American troops receive treatment at Debarkation and Convalescent Hospital Number Five in New York City.

A soldier stands above the grave of Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States (1901-1909). Quentin flew for the 95th American Aero Squadron in World War I, finally meeting his demise in…

American soldiers learn proper pack organization, for carelessness in one thing leads to carelessness in others.

Soldiers in training at Camp Dix, New Jersey, enter mock trenches for tear gas exercises.

Soldiers stand guard over an airship. Airships like this one were used during World War I for scouting enemy positions and gathering other military intelligence.

Sailors gather on deck for the abandon ship drill.

The American flag flutters above the captured German stronghold at the Castle of Ehrenbreitstein.

A German procession marches to the parade ground in Berlin.

Italian General Armando Diaz, Lieutenant General Baron Jacques of Belgium, British Admiral David Beatty, American General John J. Pershing, and Vice President Calvin Coolidge gather for a photo op at the ground breaking ceremony for the construction…

Sailors smile from atop American submarines stationed at San Diego Bay, California. With German submarines, called U-boats, reeking havoc on Allied Forces and merchant vessels at the beginning of World War I, the United States and other countries…

Soldiers in France work to complete a pontoon bridge.

Dignitaries of the French War Commission visit Abraham Lincoln's Tomb in Springfield.

Doctors use an x-ray machine on a wounded soldier at a French field hospital.

French colonial cavalry parades down the street.

Colonial French horses struggle against the currents of the Ming River.

Cardinal Archbishop of Mechelen, Desire Joseph Mercier, speaks to a crowd at Dinant, Belgium.