{"id":1757,"date":"2011-03-02T15:33:08","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T15:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/?p=1757"},"modified":"2024-11-22T09:52:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T14:52:13","slug":"a-look-back-at-world-war-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu\/?p=1757","title":{"rendered":"A look back at World War I"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frank Buckles misrepresented his age to recruiters in 1917 because the 16-year-old yearned for the adventure of warfare. His service in “the war to end all wars” left him with a fresh understanding of the horror. News that Buckles passed away Sunday at 110 years old makes\u00a0 it a fitting time to reflect on what remains in our collective conscience. The Vanishing Georgia Collection<\/a> contains a number of photos,\u00a0 mostly depicting\u00a0 life around the state.<\/p>\n

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Here is a “bird’s eye view” of a tent city, thought to be Camp Hancock near Augusta<\/a>.\"a<\/a><\/p>\n

In Liberty County<\/a> members of the class of 1918 at State Normal School unveiling the WWI service flag that the students made and presented on the steps of the county Courthouse.<\/p>\n

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In France, where Frank Buckles served, Georgia boy Tola Harris dons a uniform complete with a chilling gas mask around his neck.<\/p>\n

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Down in Fitzgerald<\/a>, WWI Red Cross nurses are seen on a float in front of\u00a0 the Carnegie Library on S. Lee Street, circa 1918.<\/p>\n

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Frank Buckles misrepresented his age to recruiters in 1917 because the 16-year-old yearned for the adventure of warfare. His service in “the war to end all wars” left him with a fresh understanding of the horror. News that Buckles passed away Sunday at 110 years old makes\u00a0 it a fitting time to reflect on what … <\/p>\n

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