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Alfred Baxter writes of Ralph Noble's tragic death and describes the "restless spirits" who were initially eager to go to war.

This Christmas card featuring a little girl waving the flags of Allied nations in World War I was sent to someone's "Grandma."

Three soldiers hold a conversation near two vehicles affiliated with the American Red Cross.

This coupon issued to Georgia Finley details the kinds of gifts that could be shipped overseas for people in service abroad.

Herbert Miller and his fiancée got married after the United States joined World War I.

This writer describes the hardships and tribulations associated with being a Red Cross canteen worker. She writes, "I tell all the boys I come across that they must not feel they are accepting a charity from the American Red Cross when they get a…

An anonymous writer discusses the need for women committed to work overseas. He writes in startlingly unflattering terms about World War I nurses: "We need thousands of trained nurses, but have a plethora of fat, ungainly, slovenly women and anaemic,…

Photograph of Arman L. Merriam from The Gale, 1917, Knox College's yearbook.

Three soldiers sit next to an armored car and one mans the gun on top of the vehicle.

This art supplement and its companion article for the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign appeared in the Chicago Herald & Examiner.

An aviator dressed for flight.

Two men work on an aviator's plane on the airfield.

This photograph of a baggage detail was taken on Thanksgiving morning in 1917. This group of men was soon to leave for France.

Tangled barbed wire defines the battlefield in this photograph.

Barbed wire fencing reinforces the defenses of a trench.