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  2. Lost Generation - Wikipedia

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    The Lost Generation was the demographic cohort that reached early adulthood during World War I, and preceded the Greatest Generation. The social generation is generally defined as people born from 1883 to 1900, coming of age in either the 1900s or the 1910s, and were the first generation to mature in the 20th century .

  3. Interbellum Generation - Wikipedia

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    The Interbellum Generation is a social generational term that is sometimes used to describe people born in the United States during the early 20th century, often specified as the years 1901 to 1914. This age range is more commonly considered the first half of the Greatest Generation .

  4. List of formations of the United States Army during World War I

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    Field Armies Shoulder Sleeve Insignia Name Activated Commanding General Campaigns First Army: August 10, 1918 Gen. John J. Pershing Lt. Gen. Hunter Liggett Meuse-Argonne ...

  5. Historiography of World War I - Wikipedia

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    A generation of innocent young men, their heads full of high abstractions like Honour, Glory and England, went off to war to make the world safe for democracy. They were slaughtered in stupid battles planned by stupid generals.

  6. United States in World War I - Wikipedia

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    The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and their Forgotten World War (2013) Snell, Mark A., ed. Unknown Soldiers: The American Expeditionary Forces in Memory and Remembrance (Kent State UP, 2008). Trout, Steven. On the Battlefield of Memory: The First World War and American Remembrance, 1919–1941 (University of Alabama Press, 2010)

  7. List of last surviving World War I veterans - Wikipedia

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    Listed here are those that joined the armed services after the Armistice date, but before the Treaty of Versailles was signed, or where there is debate on their join-date, or whose military service is sometimes viewed as outside the scope of "WWI", but are considered World War I-era veterans by the press or by their respective governments, or ...

  8. 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."

  9. Greatest Generation - Wikipedia

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    The Greatest Generation, also known as the G.I. Generation and the World War II Generation, is the demographic cohort following the Lost Generation and preceding the Silent Generation. The social generation is generally defined as people born from 1901 to 1927. [ 1 ]