World War I Archives – Page 11 of 15

January 16 in U.S. military history

1917: British intelligence intercepts a coded telegram from the German government requesting an alliance with Mexico if the U.S. enters

Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER On page two, 155-mm. “Long Tom” field guns have begun firing on the Italian mainland

Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER Brig. Gen. Hanford MacNider, commaner of Task Force Buna, is pictured on today’s front page.

Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER On today’s front page is a first-hand account from a Marine officer telling the story

This Veteran’s Day we remember 1st Lt. Louis K. Juden, 28 of Cape Girardeau, Mo., who died 101 years ago