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German records reveal the view from the receiving end of Corporal Alvin C. York's torrent of bullets on October 8, 1918 during World War I.
Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I

Peyton C. March: Greatest Unsung American General of World War I



CUXHAVEN RAID
World War I: Cuxhaven Raid -- Britain's Bold Strike From the Sea
On Christmas Day 1914, an audacious British air attack on a Zeppelin base in northern Germany caught the Germans with their defenses down.
   
AEF SERGEANT JAMES FRANCIS CARTY
World War I: AEF Sergeant James Francis Carty at St. Mihiel
While scouting for the 26th 'Yankee' Division during World War I, Sergeant James F. Carty and Private Harold F. Proctor eliminated a German position that had been holding up their comrades for five hours.
 
BATTLE FOR BAKU
World War I: Battle for Baku
On the plains of Central Asia, the men of 'Dunsterforce' fought Germans, Turks, Bolsheviks and Persian warlords with equal verve.
   
 
AIRBORNE OPERATIONS
World War I: American Caproni Pilots in Italy
For the youthful Americans who signed on to serve alongside Italian aviators, World War I proved to be an exciting, if hazardous, series of adventures.
 
THE BELFORT RUSE
World War I: The Belfort Ruse
During September 1918 an American colonel attempted an elaborate hoax to deceive the Germans as to where the U.S. First Army's initial blow of the Great War would fall.
   
 
MILTARY OPERATIONS
World War I: American Expeditionary Forces Get Motorized Transportation
It took a lot of demonstrating to sell the U.S. Army on motorized transport, but the ultimate incentive came when the American Expeditionary Force entered World War I.
 
ARMISTICE DAY
World War I: Wasted Lives on Armistice Day
Did American commanders needlessly send doughboys to their deaths during the hours before the 1918 armistice went into effect?
   
 
COMBAT PILOT
Erroll Boyd: World War I Combat Pilot and Aviation Daredevil
World War I combat pilot and aviation daredevil Erroll Boyd's flight to London in 1930 made him the first to cross the North Atlantic outside the summer season.
 
CAPTAIN EDDIE RICKENBACKER
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker: America's World War I Ace of Aces
When America's WWI Ace of Aces Edward Rickenbacker became president of Eastern Air Lines, he said: "I will always keep in mind that I am in the greatest business in the world ... and I can serve humanity more completely in my line of endeavor than in any other."
   
 
THE RED BARON
Red Baron: World War I Ace Figher Pilot Manfred von Richthofen
More than eight decades after his death on the Western Front, fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen's fame remains undimmed.
 
CANADIAN ACE FIGHTER PILOT
William "Billy" Bishop: World War I Canadian Ace Fighter Pilot
An aggressive pilot and a crack marksman, the young Canadian became a legend and inspired a new generation of aces.
   
 
GERMAN ACE FIGHTER PILOT
Rudolf von Eschwege: German World War I Ace Fighter Pilot
Rudolf von Eschwege was the only German fighter pilot on World War I's Macedonian Front, but in a little more than a year the intrepid and resourceful flier achieved 20 victories.
 
   
 
 
   
 
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