Category Archives: World War 1

“War is Hell”… and Expensive, Too.

Posted on February 3, 2020 by David L. Rice Library

*Post written by Mona Meyer, Archives and Special Collections Metadata Librarian. That quote is attributed to Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman, but it surely applies to every other war, as does the comment about the cost. Declaring war, assuming … Continue reading →

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Ernie Pyle Spoke the GI’s language

Posted on January 13, 2020 by David L. Rice Library

*Post written by Mona Meyer, Archives and Special Collections Metadata Librarian. He was from a small (population 893 the year he was born) rural community in Indiana, was timid and fearful that he would not be liked, yet grew to … Continue reading →

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Sprechen Sie Deutsch?

Posted on November 4, 2019 by David L. Rice Library

*Post written by Mona Meyer, Archives and Special Collections Metadata Librarian. Do you speak German? If you were living in the United States at the time of World War I, the politically correct answer, regardless of veracity, would be a … Continue reading →

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The Nuremberg Trials

Posted on January 14, 2019 by David L. Rice Library

*Post written by Mona Meyer, Archives and Special Collections Metadata Librarian. Holocaust. The very word conjures up unimaginable horrors. “The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. … Continue reading →

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100th Anniversary of the End of World War I

Posted on November 11, 2018 by David L. Rice Library

*Post written by Mona Meyer, Archives and Special Collections Metadata Librarian. November 11, 1918—specifically, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month—World War I ended with the signing of an armistice in a railroad car outside … Continue reading →

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