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Marblehead in World War I: At Home and Overseas

By Margery A. Armstrong

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Year
2011
ISBN
9781614238416, 9781609491499, 2011010589
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3373300 bytes)
Series
War Era and Military
Pages
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Time added
2022-10-03 03:32:35
HIS036010HistoryNonfiction

Description

The small seacoast town of Marblehead, in eastern Massachusetts, was the first to answer the call to arms during both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. Throughout World War I, Marblehead was affected, and the town influenced the outcome. Boasting of the fifth and final naval militia in history, the Tenth Deck Division, Marblehead s men stood on the front line as the first shots rang out, aimed at the Germans in 1917. It was a town that pulled together, rallied behind their own family and friends while they fought in the trenches of war and stood shoulder to shoulder in their diligent commitment. Historian Margery A. Armstrong delves into the past through articles and letters from those overseas that were first published in the Marblehead Messenger.

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