On September 29, 1918, while fighting in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive during World War I, Perry Loyd was wounded in action.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Henry Johnson. Henry received the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War I.
Sargent Alvin York received the Medal of Honor for incredible acts of heroism during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I in 1918.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran James Edwin Hoskins. Born in 1894 to a Quaker family, James spent his life as farmer in Fairfield, Iowa.
Purple Hearts Reunited has returned medals to their recipients’ families or to homes of honor from Nov. 1 through Nov. 3 across the state of Pennsylvania.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Archibald S. Alsop. Archibald served with Yale Mobile Hospital Unit 39during the first World War from 1917-1919.
Bendix Peterson initially served in the National Guard at Fort Preble in Portland with an artillery company until his discharge in 1909
He swore into the Army as a Cadet in the Air Corps. Harold Riley became a pilot in the newly formed Army Air Corps in the 24th Aero Squadron unit.
During World War I, Army Veteran James Platt fought in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and in the battles up to and on the Vesle River.
Born in Romania, Joseph Rosenblum immigrated to the U.S. in 1913. He was drafted into the Army; assigned to Battery C, 308th Field Artillery, 78th Division.
Louis Rosen was in France right after the World War I armistice. Awaiting his trip home, he typed two letters detailing his experience during the war.
During his service in the Medical Corps in World War I, Richard Leith earned the rank of captain and was attached to the British Expeditionary Force.