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  2. Buried plaque sends detectorist on WW1 quest - AOL

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    Mystery surrounds the story of a World War One soldier whose commemorative plaque led a keen metal detectorist to try to track down his family. Amateur historian David Stuckey, from Stevenage, was ...

  3. The Crucified Soldier - Wikipedia

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    "The Crucified Soldier" was a widespread story or myth among the allies of World War 1, describing German soldiers supposedly crucifying an Allied soldier to a barn door or tree somewhere on the Western Front.

  4. Angels of Mons - Wikipedia

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    November 29, 1915 – Illustrated London News – The Ghostly Bowmen of Mons fight the Germans The Angels of Mons is one of many stories of the reputed appearance of a variety of supernatural entities which protected the British Army from defeat by the invading forces of the German Empire at the beginning of World War I during the Battle of Mons in Belgium on 23 August 1914.

  5. Sergeant Stubby - Wikipedia

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    Sergeant Stubby: How a Stray Dog and His Best Friend Helped Win World War I and Stole the Heart of a Nation (Print). Washington, DC: National Geographic. p. 112. ISBN 978-1426213106. {}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ; Bausum, Ann (2014). Stubby the War Dog: The True Story of World War I's Bravest Dog (Hardcover/audio). Washington DC ...

  6. Johnny Got His Gun - Wikipedia

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    Joe Bonham, a young American soldier serving in World War I, awakens in a hospital bed after being caught in the blast of an exploding artillery shell.He gradually realizes that he has lost his arms, legs, and all of his face (including his eyes, ears, nose, teeth, and tongue), but that his mind functions perfectly, leaving him a prisoner in his own body.

  7. Service held for First World War soldier more than 100 years ...

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    Lance Serjeant Robert Brand, of the 9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, was buried in Belgium on Wednesday.

  8. Attack of the Dead Men - Wikipedia

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    The Attack of the Dead Men, or the Battle of Osowiec Fortress, was a battle of World War I that took place at Osowiec Fortress (now northeastern Poland), on August 6, 1915. The incident received its grim name from the bloodied, corpse-like appearance of the Russian combatants after they were bombarded with a mixture of poison gases , chlorine ...

  9. Bonus Army - Wikipedia

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    After the war, he lived in Chicago. [1] He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery a week after being shot and killed by police. [23] [24] Eric Carlson (1894–1932) was a veteran from Oakland, California, who fought in the trenches of France in World War I. [1] [25] [26] He was interred in Arlington National Cemetery. [27]