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Total: 185

“I want to say make no settlement until they sign up that every bloody murderer of a guard has got t

“Every official except one elected yesterday at the first municipal election of this borough had bee

“Palmer, do not let this country see red.”This is the story of America’s First Red Scare. On June 2,

“I keep wondering if the Unknown Soldier is one of my men.”This is the story of the United States co

The Episode to end all … World War I episodes. Professor Jackson sits down with Kelsi Dynes to talk

“The circumstances under which we are spending this particular Christmas are unusual.”This is the st

“A Peace which cannot be defended in the name of justice before the whole world would continually ca

 “The German delegation has come to receive the proposals of the Allied Powers looking to an armisti

“If I can but reach that bridge,” thought Ichabod, “I am safe.”This is the story of schoolmaster Ich

“If I can but reach that bridge,” thought Ichabod, “I am safe.”This is the story of schoolmaster Ich

Professor Greg Jackson sits down with legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns about his latest fil

“All right, General. We’ll take it, or my name will head the list.”This is the story of Meuse-Argonn

“Our own artillery is dropping a barrage directly on us. For heaven’s sake, stop it.”This is the sto

Time to review! Greg and Kelsi talk through the main takeaways of the American story in World War I

“Something has happened to one of the boys.”This is the story of the Great War’s flyboys – particula

“Is there any regulation which specifies that a Navy yeoman be a man?” This is the story of the Unit

“My men never retire. They go forward, or they die!”This is the story of the 15th New York, a.k.a, t

 “Marshal Foch, you have no authority as Allied Commander-in-Chief to call upon me to yield up my co

“Every time I have felt annoyed since then at France, this picture comes to mind and my anger soften

The impact of the 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood on the US Marine Corps is hard to overstate. Though in