Fall in! It's time to learn a bit about how to research your military ancestors. I'll be looking through a number of American Conflicts and talking about some of the specific resources available for that conflict and probably sprinkling in some more broadly applicable military research tips. This week we talk about World War 1.
Links in this episode:
A Peace to End All Peace by David Fromkin
Over There: The United States Army in the Great War 1917-1918 by Byron Farwell
ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE UNITED STATES LAND FORCES IN THE WORLD WAR
UNITED STATES ARMY IN THE WORLD WAR 1917-1919
THE U.S. ARMY IN THE WORLD WAR I ERA
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION CLAIM FILES AND WORLD WAR I BURIAL FILES
Request Military Service Records
The American Legion Digital Archive
Order of the First World War Resource Page
US Army Center of Military History
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