About WWI

Senior Curator Doran Cart shares the Museum's display of the uniform and field gear of an American infantry soldier during WWI, including one of the most vital tools of every Doughboy.

Beginning in late May 1917, open mutiny swept through much of the French Army.

On the evening of Oct. 2, 1918, Major Charles W. Whittlesey of the 77th Division led nearly 700 men under his command into the narrow Charlevaux Ravine, deep in the heart of the Argonne Forest in...

Many of today’s disputed borders in the Middle East were created during World War I. Join Assistant Professor and Middle East Specialist Lieutenant Colonel Brian Steed of the U.S. Army General and...

Join noted and invigorating lecturer, Dr. Richard S. Faulkner, for an examination of how the U.S. Army met the myriad of difficulties presented in entering the fray in the Great War and the as a...

Warfare and chemical weapons continue to have the same horrific impact today as they did when John Singer Sargent painted Gassed.

Produced in 2017, this short video series explored the events that led the U.S. to enter World War I a century before, in 1917.

African Americans made substantial contributions in WWI, on both the front lines and the homefront.

What is a cootie? Ask a World War I soldier, and you’d get a much more serious answer about a much more serious problem than you might expect.

Lance Corporal Bernard Scott Budge served with Company D, 5th Battalion, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. The young soldier was wounded by shrapnel during the Battle of Loos.

The task of feeding soldiers during WWI was enormous and the logistics staggering. For the first time in U.S. history, a trained military unit was responsible for supplying the troops.

Over four years, both sides of WWI would launch attacks against the enemy’s trench lines, attacks that resulted in horrific casualties.

Mail service has historically been a cornerstone of American life and communication, and that was especially true for those serving overseas during World War I.

Lieut. Raymond B. Penniman was just one of countless young men who fought in the Battle of the Somme. The following letters were donated to the Museum in 2013 by his relatives.

When World War I began in July 1914, Italy was a partner in the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary, but decided to remain neutral.