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1914 -1918 MORE OF THE WAR IN FRANCE

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   Reims was subjected to an eight-hour German bombardment. Reims Cathedral, which had been surrounded by scaffolding since May 1913, was hit shortly after 3 pm. The 15th century roof structure caught fire. A thick cloud of smoke filled the Champagne sky. The Germans stopped firing.The heat from the flames melted the 400 tonnes of lead sheeting covering the roof. The molten metal flowed through the gargoyles.  Chemical weapons accounted for only 1 per cent of the 750,000 British troops killed in the First World War and yet caused disproportionate casualties (estimated at 180,100). The considerable investment in the development of new toxins and methods of delivery was designed to maintain the elements of surprise and uncertainty as these accentuated their psychological effect.     The Meuse-Argonne Offensive was a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I. It was one of the attacks that brought an end to the War and was fought from September 26 –...
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1918 - COMRADE ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE V.F.W.

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  THE UNITED STATES WORLD WAR ONE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION
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SHIPS AT SEA - WORLD WAR 1 PICTURES

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Delaware laboring in seas USS Delaware, was built at Newport News, Virginia. Commissioned in April 1910, she cruised to Europe late in that year and to South America during the first part of 1911.  Delaware participated in the Atlantic Fleet's exercises in the western Atlantic and Caribbean area.  When the United States entered World War I, she initially performed training and battle readiness missions along the U.S. east coast, then deployed to the North Sea late in 1917. She served with the British Grand Fleet in the U.S. Sixth Battle Squadron from then until late July 1918, when she left for home.   Troops aboard U.S.S. Mongolia   The SS Mongolia was a steamer, a merchant ship launched on July 25 th 1903 which formed part of the Atlantic Transport Co. fleet in October 1915.  On March 17 th 1917 she took on an armed guard of United States Sailors and was armed with three 6 inch guns. U.S.S. Mongolia When the Imperial German Government placed into e...
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PHOTOGRAPHS FROM AROUND FRANCE: CIRCA 1918

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  Bar-le-Duc, the new hospital buildings   Reims Cathedral,a unique architectural masterpiece,  was destroyed by the Germans in 1914.  Sable sur Sarthe,Solesmes Benedictine Abbey MARSEILLE - Pont de la Fausse Monnaie (a small beach under the bridge) Le Mans - The Tunnel, Quayside area. Stairs with 143 steps.  Paris - The Chamber of Deputies and the Pont de la Concorde. The Concorde Bridge. Bourbonne les Bains, Grande Rue and Hotel du Commerce
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MORE PICTURES FROM THE COLLECTION OF WORLD WAR 1 VETERAN AMBROSE MULLER

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FROM THE COLLECTION OF WORLD WAR I VETERAN AMBROSE MULLER

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  " The Great War: Mouilly (Meuse) ruins around the church ."   
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2023 - NIAGARA FALLS BOAT RIDE

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