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An advertisement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture offers valuable "information on the raising and care of poultry and eggs."

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

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…

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 advertisement calls on those who are not serving their country to fulfill their duty by purchasing War Saving Stamps.

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 cover of a supplement to Electrical World magazine depicts Lady Liberty standing in a large graveyard with her arms outstretched. Below the image are the last lines in the poem, "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae.

An American Committee for Relief in the Near East poster depicts a woman and child walking in a ruined city. The Near East was a nineteenth century term for much of the area comprising today's Middle East.

A World War I poster depicts a soldier leaving to fulfill his duty to his country.

A World War I poster extols the dedication of African American soldiers.

A World War I German propaganda poster shows a man holding a sword in one hand and his wife and child in the other: "War Loan Help the Protectors of Your Happiness."

This book details the efforts made during World War I to send reading materials to soldiers, sailors, and marines fighting overseas. The author, Theodore Wesley Koch, a librarian in the Library of Congress during World War I, assisted in the efforts…

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.