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Fresh from the battlefields of France, American soldiers reunite with their wives and newly born children.

A wagon carries the body of an unknown soldier to its final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery.

Soldiers carry the body of a fallen brother from a naval transport, bringing him closer to his final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery.

Likeness of Herbert Hoover, the thirty-first President of the United States (1929-1933). At the time of this stereograph's creation, Hoover was a rising star in the Republican party, serving as the head of the U.S. Food Administration during World…

View of a American submarine in dry dock.

Sailors receive naval training.

Front view of the U.S.S. Pennsylvania's deck and gun batteries. The U.S.S. Pennsylvania was present at the bombing of Pearl Harbor and continued to serve throughout World War I and World War II.

Soldiers in France learn to use gas masks, a device which became essential with the use of chemical warfare during World War I.

A nurse cares for a seriously wounded Belgian man and many others in similar circumstances.

British soldiers at this permanent supply camp make bread to support fighting troops in France.

Remains of a fallen British soldier in no man's land near Chemin Des Dames, France.

Two men look upon the ruins of the Church of Lucy-le-Bocage in France.

Nineteen hundred German prisoners of war stand in line and await their fate.

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 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.

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

An advertisement for the twenty-third annual Illinois Farmers' Institute and Department of Household Science in Bloomington.

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 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 Navy press release that chronicles a Navy Custom, "Christmas Cheer for the Kiddies!"

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.

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 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…

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