FReeper Canteen~Honoring Our Veterans Of WWI~06APR2006

Canteen Crew/AZAmericonnie

[AZamericonnie]

Remembering The Veterans Of WWI

April 6th, 1917 The United States Entered WWI

World War I, also known as the First World War, and (before 1939) the Great War, the War of the Nations, and the War to End All Wars, was a world conflict lasting from August 1914 to the final Armistice on November 11, 1918. The Allied Powers (led by Britain, France (and Russia until 1917), and, after 1917, the United States) defeated the Central Powers (led by the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire). The war caused the collapse of four empires and a radical change in the map of Europe. Before 1917 the Allied powers are sometimes referred to as the Triple Entente, and the Central Powers are sometimes referred to as the Triple Alliance.


President Wilson asks Congress for a declaration of war with Imperial Germany.

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~First World War~
Just one of many sites with compiled information on WWI

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In Flanders Fields
John McCrae
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Popular Songs Of the Wartime Era

Reinnald Werrenrath~Pack Up Your Troubles In your Old Kit Bag

John McCormack~Keep The Home Fires Burning


~Tribute To Our Troops~

[Ciexyz]

My granddaddy fought in the Navy in WWI. He received a medal for bravery for going below-decks to bring up a wounded comrade from the gas-infected lower deck, but he said he had only done what his fellow sailors would have done, so he refused to consider himself a hero.

[Ciexyz]

A good film about WWI is "Gallipoli" starring a young Mel Gibson as an Aussie soldier sent to the Turkish battlefield.

[AZamericonnie]

I'm sure your Granddaddy was right....he had only done what his fellow sailors would have done. But that still makes him a hero in my book & I'm sure yours as well. Real hero's never admit to it.

I have heard of Gallipoli & even started to watch once when it was on tv. Ya know I think I'll go rent it a watch it this weekend. Thank you for sharing your Grandfather's history Ciexyz. Hope your weekend is lovely!

[Ciexyz]

Thanks for sharing your Grandfather's history

After the war, Granddad suffered lung problems due to the fact he was exposed to gas below decks (when he went below decks to help out a fellow sailor and get him safely up top.) Granddad chalked it up to wartime duty and bad luck, he figured that's just how it turned out for him, that at least he came home alive.

Granddad passed away in 1969. I'll be putting flowers on his grave (and Grandma's grave) for Easter.