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Providing education to illuminate the service, experience, and sacrifice of those honored at our cemeteries and memorials.

Stories of Service and Sacrifice

  • Died in Service, Kentucky, Normandy American Cemetery, World War II

Sergeant Allen P. Moberly

Unit:

29th Infantry Division, 116th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Company L

Date of Birth:

October 14, 2018

Hometown:

Richmond, Kentucky

Date of Death:

June 7, 1944

Place of Death:

Omaha Beach, Normandy, France

Awards:

Purple Heart

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  • Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, Died in Service, New York, World War I

Sergeant Neil Evans Wheeler

Unit:

2nd Division, 5th Regiment, 47th Company, 3rd Platoon

Date of Birth:

February 3, 1892

Hometown:

Oswego, New York

Date of Death:

June 18, 1918

Place of Death:

Belleau Wood, France

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  • Died in Service, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, New York, World War I

Captain Philip Overton Mills

Unit:

77th Division, 308th Infantry Regiment, Company G

Date of Birth:

December 10, 1882

Hometown:

Concord, New York

Date of Death:

July 26, 1918

Place of Death:

on the Lorraine front, France

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  • Died in Service, Normandy American Cemetery, Utah, World War II

Second Lieutenant John Keith Lundberg

Unit:

381st Bomber Group, Heavy, 534th Bomber Squadron

Date of Birth:

December 3, 2018

Hometown:

Val Verda, Utah

Date of Death:

June 22, 1944

Place of Death:

Abbeville, France

Awards:

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

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  • Died in Service, Normandy American Cemetery, Washington, World War II

Corporal Anthony (Tony) Barcott

Unit:

440th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion

Date of Birth:

May 21, 2010

Hometown:

Everett, Washington

Date of Death:

July 28, 1944

Place of Death:

near Saint-Lô, France

Awards:

Purple Heart

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Getting to the Heart of World War I: Using Maps, Statistics, and Other Resources to Investigate the War

This chapter illustrates a variety of ways to bring the scale of American involvement in World War I home to students....
  • Bringing the Great War Home, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, World War I
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Putting the Pieces of the Past Together: Building the Chronology of the Meuse-Argonne

This WWI teaching resource, Putting the Pieces of the Past Together, focuses on the chronology of the Meuse-Argonne Campaign and its larger role within the Great War. Volume 1, Chapter 1 of the iBook Bringing the Great War Home: Teaching...
  • Bringing the Great War Home, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, World War I
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It’s Now or Never! The Meuse Argonne Offensive

In this activity students use ArcGIS online to interactively explore a layered map showing the phases of the American advancement during the Meuse Argonne Offensive. They will also look at a variety of embedded primary source photographs from the battlefield....
  • ArcGIS, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, World War I
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A Living Memorial

This chapter explores the role of chaplains in the burial of fallen soldiers and the symbolism and significance of grave sites....
  • Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, World War I
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Hill 188

Hill 188 (Cote 188) was the site of an intense battle for African American soldiers against the Germans during World War I. In this lesson, students will read two accounts of the taking of Hill 188 and retrace the actions...
  • Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, World War I
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Hell, Heaven, or Hoboken by Christmas: The Service and Sacrifice of the American Soldier in World War I

This chapter provides background on the mobilization and training of the AEF at home and abroad, as well as examining how that training influenced the psychological journey of American soldiers on the Western Front....
  • Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, World War I
An Image is Worth a Thousand Words

An Image is Worth a Thousand Words

This chapter situates image analysis within World War I’s historical narrative and helps students evaluate images and draw historical information from them....
  • Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, World War I
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African American Gold Star Mothers

The mothers and widows of soldiers killed in action during World War I were invited by the U. S. government to take a pilgrimage to view the burial places of their sons and husbands in Europe. Of the 17, 389...
  • World War I
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Where? Why There?

Essential question: Where is the Meuse-Argonne? Why did the largest land offensive in U.S. history happen here?...
  • Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, World War I
Farmland today in France shows the type of area where fighting occurred during World War I.

Teaching and Mapping the Geography of the Meuse Argonne Offensive: Introduction

The American Army faced geographic obstacles as it launched its largest offensive of World War One in the Meuse-Argonne Region. The mighty, impregnable Argonne Forest lay to the west of the front and the Meuse River to the east. Across...
  • Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, World War I
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