Rare WWI-era teddy bear that comforted boy could sell for £1,200
The 116-year-old bear was first gifted to a boy in Birmingham for Christmas in 1908, but got a makeover in 1915 when the ...
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French Word of the Day: Poilu
Poilu - roughly pronounced pwa-loo - translates literally as ‘hairy one’. The word poil means 'hair' but in humans more ...
Exhibit at Omaha’s Durham Museum pictures World War I through the eyes of a soldier
The Durham Museum has an exhibit on display that gives us a look, through one man’s eyes, some of the things he saw beyond World War I.
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When the ‘Sun Tobacco Fund’ Rushed to the Trenches of World War I a Taste of Home
The pack or two a soldier might carry in his pocket would be burned up during “the many lazy days devoted to sailing across ...
‘Hello Girls’: The female telephone operators who helped win WWI
Campaign is on to have Congressional Gold Medal awarded the "Hello Girls" the Army's female telephone operators who helped win WWI.
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WE SERVED: Starr served as Army ‘dustoff’ pilot during Vietnam War
I took off, and things shake, but we got over that dike. Everything was red line. I mean, engine, gas temperature was at the ...
First World War tank hero's 'splatter' mask donated to museum
A MUSEUM has received a unique artefact linked to the history of the world's first ever tank battles. A tank crew ‘splatter’ ...