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Samuel Frank's Forty and Eight shirt.
Missouri History Museum.
WWI Artifacts and Memories: Forty and Eight
Posted on March 20, 2015
At the end of World War I in November 1918, U.S. military men and women began their return home. The shared experiences and bonds formed in military service gave rise to veterans’ organizations on a local and national scale. The Forty and Eight, was founded in 1920 by returning World War I veterans… Continue Reading
The USS Vencedor in service during WWI.
Courtesy of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo #: NH 102346n
WWI Artifacts and Memories: H. H. Luedinghaus and the USS Vencedor
Posted on February 13, 2015
Recently, Patrick Allie, WWI Exhibit Curator at the Missouri History Museum, wrote a blog about H.H. Luedinghaus and the U.S.S. Vencedor. In it, he tells the story of how Luedinghaus and nine other young businessmen purchased a yacht and offered their services to the U. S. Navy during the war. To… Continue Reading
WWI Artifacts and Memories: The 805th Pioneer Infantry Bearcats
Posted on January 9, 2015
Last year, project staff digitized portions of the Missouri History Museum's World War I collection. The collection consists of over 6,000 pages related to military and civilian participation in World War I by individuals and groups from St. Louis and Missouri. One of the military units whose docu… Continue Reading