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An advertisement from the American Red Cross seeks aid from the people of Sangamon County for "Our boys at the front" 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 U.S. government calls on women to preserve material and save money to help the country during World War I.

President Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921), French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, and British Prime Minister Lloyd George leave the Palace of Versailles after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

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

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.

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.

Navy recruits form to create a live version of their base insignia and to celebrate reaching 100,000 recruits trained at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station during World War I.

A Belgium family poses in front of a wall within the city limits of Dinant, where Germans frequently executed Belgian resistors.

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

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

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

Soldiers onboard a transport ship.

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