Sunday, February 22, 2015

WW1 Allies, Divisions, Ranks, Insignias, Devices, Maps, Charts, Heroes

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Page from 1917 US Army Manual

There is a new word that appears frequently. For now, cantonment refers to any building inside a US Military  installation.

Page from 1917 US Army Manual  

From General to Private, we have a listing of ranks. The enlisted stripes and rockers has certainly changed.



Page from 1917 US Army Manual


Page from 1917 US Army Manual


Page from WW1 US Army Signal Corps Manual 

Ranks of the Signal Corps Soldiers.


Devices page from US Army 1917 Manual


Devices page from 1917 US Army Manual


Page from 1917 US Army Manual

Notice how many Divisions had draftees as a major source of manpower.


Chart from freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com  

For those of us interested in WW1 Military Divisions, here is a pretty comprehensive  collection.


Chart from freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com  

Revived WW1  and new WW11 Divisions are shown; some of which remain today.


Chart from freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com


All of these countries were Allies? Never knew.
Pie chart from en.Wikipedia.org

The U.S. entered the war about halfway through 1917 and fought until the Armistice on November 11, 1918.
Pie chart from en.Wikipedia.org



Poster from authentichistory.com


Chart from nuttyhistory.com


Map from en.wikipedia.org


Picture from en.wikipedia.org

This is the famous sharpshooter, SGT Alvin C. York.

His fame grew even more legendary when Gary Cooper starred as Sergeant York in a movie.

Photo from mexicoarmando.com  

Not taken as a joke, this picture only emphasizes the brutal nature of poisonous gases used in this war. 

From teargas to chlorine to mustard gases, no one was spared, not even the livestock.  

Gas masks were standard equipment, but since time was so important, many horses and mules died more quickly than the troops.


 Photo from freepages.genealoggy.rootsweb.ancestry.com

You can imagine how many horses, mules and other animals were killed and injured during the war.

Yes, this is a veterinary ambulance.


Photo from pinterest.com 



For the most part, troop transports were not allowed to have windshields.

Photo from en.wikipedia.org


From Columbus, Ohio, the American fighter pilot who shot down 26 planes, Eddie Rickenbacker was our Ace pilot. 

The Allies needed a hero to take some publicity away from the German hero.



Photo from en.wikipedia.org

Yes, this is THE RED BARONManfred von Richthofen began as a fighter pilot in 1915 and had 80 planes shot down until his death in 1918.

He is still considered the greatest war pilot ever. His legend grew even greater, strangely, as the foe of Snoopy in the Charles Schultz comic strip Peanuts.

There was even a hit son called Snoopy vs. The Red Baron.  To hear it, CLICK HERE 


Photo from pinterest.com




Photo of National WWl Museum, Kansas City, MO


Photo of National WWl Memorial, Washington, D.C.




              Photo of National WWI Memorial, Washington, D.C.


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