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Animals At War
Animals were used in WWI a scale never before seen and never again repeated.horses by the mllions were put in service as cavalry mounts and beasts of burden, but they were not only animals active in war. -
Aerial Warfare
WWI was the first major conflic to see a wide spread use of powered aircraft invinted barely more than a decade be fore the fighting began. All air flying object it had a new tactical platform to observe and attack from above. -
War at sea
Moving troops and supplies by sea was vital to all armies involved in the war. The battle for control of the sea led to an arms race. The deadly tactics, and unprcedented loss of life at sea. -
soldiers and civilians
As countries and caught up in the war soldiers were sent to the front lines , they also built support behind the lines and at home the ladies taking many roles. The villages became the battlefields, the refugees were scattered across europe. -
A century later
100 hundred years after the start of the great war, none of the participants remain alive and we are left aging relics fading photographs scarred landscapes being reclaimed by nature and memories and graveyards across the globe. -
Drafted
Harry was drafted and sent to camp meade MD -
Leaving camp
Left camp Meade at 5:30pm on p. r. r. Ta Balto. Rhila to jersey city. -
Arrival
Arrived at jersey city 4 A.m aboard ferry boat 6 A.M left for hoboken at 7:30 A.M aboard the leviathan formerly vaderland at 11:30A.M bunk on F deck aft. seating 29 bunk. -
land ho
Up at 3:45 A.M raining all day, one destroyer picks up row boats with 20 american soldiers. Dropped anchor in bay, Marched about 3 hours to rest camp. -
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Drills
Drills all day everyday -
Arrival
Arrived to avin court sector 7 P.M arrived 11:30P.M. relieved begro reg. and took our guns positions. Quiet tonight -
Raids
Aeroplanes started to raid
