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Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated
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ww1 started in July 1914 and ended in November 1918
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germany invades Luxembourg and Belgium from the 2nd to the 7th of august.
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Austria Hungary invade Russia
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The allies stop the german advance into France
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Germany begins a naval blockade on Britain
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Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary
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Germany begins its attack on verdun
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the battle of Verdun ends 550,000 French and 450,000 German deaths
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The United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany.
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The United States declares war on Germany.
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American troops arrive in France
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American combat forces arrive in France.
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Quincy Claude Ayres boards the USS Pocahontas
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9 days later he left the port
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USS Pocahontas joined a convoy
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Russia signs an armistice with Germany.
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the USS Pocahontas arrived at port brest
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the USS pochahontas arrives at port brest.
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the USS Pocahontas leaves port brest
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Quincy leaves port brest
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he arrives in Paris and has a good time while there
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Quincy arrives at Paris France
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he left Paris to join the front lines
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he received his first letter from mary
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he received his first letter from mary which really fired him up
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he had been receiving letters for awhile and he writes that he is in real danger now
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Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany.
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Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany.
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Germany begins its final offensive of the war
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Germany begins its final offensive of the war.
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he had been seeing real air battles for awhile and artillery bombings and he says he wants to go home
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he goes to goudeniourt for a month for training
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he thinks he is promoted to 1sr lieutenant
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He meets fighter pilot Eddie Rickenbacker
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the U.S forces had won the first American independent operation of the war the Battle of Cantigny
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United States forces are victorious in the Battle of Cantigny, the first independent American operation.
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school is over and he is in Paris for five days where he talks about the countryside
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he goes to a bridge school in Liganville
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the school he went to was done teaching him
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he goes to another school
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he goes back to Paris after school is over
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he goes back to school again
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September and October were spent doing usual duties and he heard rumors of peace talks
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Allied forces begin the attack at Meusse-Argonne, the final offensive of the war.
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Allied forces began the attack at Meuse-Argonne, the war's final offensive.
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Germany signs the Armistice at Compiègne, ending World War I.
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they move through Luxembourg into Germany
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he made his way back to france
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The peace conference begins in Paris.
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he went back into germany
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he was ordered by Coblenz to go back to the 21st engineers because they were in France and he was shipping out home soon.
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he was promoted to 1st Lt
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he left port brest to return home he was very excited
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he returned home and arrived in the Boston harbor
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Germany signs the treaty of Versailles
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The Treaty of Versailles takes effect in Germany.
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The United States signs separate peace treaties with Germany, Austria, and Hungary.