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  2. American entry into World War I - Wikipedia

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    U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asking U.S. Congress to declare war on Germany on April 2, 1917.. The United States entered into World War I on 6 April 1917, more than two and a half years after the war began in Europe.

  3. United States in World War I - Wikipedia

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    The United States After the World War (1930) Marrin, Albert. The Yanks Are Coming: The United States in the First World War (1986) online; May, Ernest R. The World War and American Isolation, 1914-1917 (1959) online at ACLS e-books, highly influential study; Nash, George H.

  4. Selective Service Act of 1917 - Wikipedia

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    Uncle Sam pointing his finger at the viewer in order to recruit soldiers for the American Army during World War I, 1917-1918 Sheet music cover for patriotic song, 1917. The Selective Service Act of 1917 or Selective Draft Act (Pub. L. 65–12, 40 Stat. 76, enacted May 18, 1917) authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.

  5. 50 Facts You May Not Know About US Involvement in War

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    The US gave its soldiers drugs The U.S. military gave its soldiers a plethora of drugs to up their strength, speed and stamina. In just three years, from 1966 to 1969, the U.S. military handed out ...

  6. United States campaigns in World War I - Wikipedia

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    The United States campaigns in World War I began after American entry in the war in early April 1917. The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) served on the Western Front , under General John J. Pershing , and engaged in 13 official military campaigns between 1917 and 1918, for which campaign streamers were designated.

  7. United States home front during World War I - Wikipedia

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    The United States after the World War (1930) online Archived 2012-05-28 at the Wayback Machine; Meyer G.J. The World Remade: America In World War I (2017), popular survey, 672pp; North, Diane M.T. California at War: The State and the People during World War I (2018) online review

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    These moments frozen in time can tell us so much, without saying a word. ... #21 112-Year-Old Veteran Of WW1 And Russian Civil War (Teimruz Vanacha) And His Son (Ivan) A Veteran Of WW2 In 1980 ...

  9. World War I - Wikipedia

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    Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."