John Sherman Lathrop was a student at the University of Illinois when the United States entered into World War I – he was also a soldier, first of the Illinois National Guard and then of the famed 42nd Infantry Division in France during 1918.
Tag: World War I
When the United States entered into World War I in April 1917, the United States’ Regular Army only had a strength of 108,000 men, and was woefully unprepared to enter into a global conflict.
The National World War I Museum is a first-class museum that provides an in-depth look at the Great War and the impact it had throughout the world.
Loretta P. Walsh, first female inducted into the Armed Forces.