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    What are we fighting for?
    What are we fight for?     Speech by Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise, in which Dr. Wise poses the question: "What are we fighting for? My answer to mothers and fathers is, enviable and even glorious is your lot to give your son or bless their dedication to the highest and holiest of causes in which a people was ever engaged."
    • Contributor: A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress) - Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel) - Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1918-01-01
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    America and the war Speech by Calvin Coolidge, Governor of Massachusetts. "Works which endure come from the soul of the people. The mighty in their pride walk alone to destruction. The humble walk hand in hand with providence to immortality."
    • Contributor: Coolidge, Calvin - A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress) - Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1920
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    Stanley S. Lane Collection Sergeant, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - China Springs, Texas; Fort McClellan, Alabama. Staff Sergeant, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific Theater. Captain, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - European Theater; North Africa. Lieutenant Colonel, Army, Korean War, 1950-1953.
    • Contributor: Lane, Stanley S. - Bartis, Peter T. - Veterans History Project - Library of Congress
    • Date: 1917
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    Michael Jeremiah Moran Collection Private First Class, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - France; Germany. World War, 1939-1945 - Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
    • Contributor: Moran, Michael Jeremiah - Kroeger, Charles
    • Date: 1918
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    Leonard H. Maunder Collection First Sergeant, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - Columbus, Ohio; Fort Blanding, Florida; Newport News, Virginia; France; Fort Dix, New Jersey.
    • Contributor: Maunder, Stephen - Maunder, Leonard H.
    • Date: 1918
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    Robert W. Fribley Collection Lieutenant Commander, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Parris Island, South Carolina; Pacific Theater.
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    Enos Pearl Scott Collection First Lieutenant, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - France. Colonel, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - England; France; Germany.
    • Contributor: Fleischer, Leslie - Va Medical Center Charles George, Asheville, North Carolina - Scott, Enos Pearl
    • Date: 1912
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    Till the boys come home
    Also known as: Keep the home fires burning     Coupling date: 12/23/1915. Cutout date: 10/31/1929. On label: baritone and male chorus with orchestra. With (reverse side): My bugler boy / Helen Clark.
    • Contributor: Wheeler, Frederick - Novello, Ivor
    • Date: 1916
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    Roy Crowdy Avery Collection First Lieutenant, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - England; Vichy, France; Baccarat, France.
    • Contributor: Avery, Roy Crowdy - Ritchie, Margaret Avery
    • Date: 1917
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    Roland H. Neel, Sr. Collection First Lieutenant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1914-1918 - France.
    • Contributor: Neel Sr., Roland H. - Neel, Joseph
    • Date: 1917
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    There is no rank in sacrifice Speech by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. "Men who live valiantly and die nobly, have a strength and a courage from the Eternal Father. Two of these young heroes have recently received high honor: one a graduate of Annapolis, the other an enlisted man."
    • Contributor: Daniels, Josephus - Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1918-01-01
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    Abe Caylor Collection Private, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - Panama Canal Zone.
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    Clarence C. Hope Collection Corporal, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - Meuse Argonne, France.
    • Contributor: Hope, Stephen D. - Hope, Clarence C.
    • Date: 1917
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    William Edward Glass Collection Private First Class, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - United States. Lieutenant Colonel, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - United States.
    • Contributor: U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar - Lugar, Richard - McClain, Patricia H. - Glass, William Edward
    • Date: 1917
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    The third Liberty Loan Patriotic speech by Richard A. Purdy on behalf of the third Liberty Loan drive. Purdy was a member of the Four Minute Men, a national network of volunteers authorized by President Woodrow Wilson to deliver patriotic speeches during the four minutes between reels changing in movie theaters across the country. Coordinated by the U.S. Committee on Public Information, the Four Minute Men generated support…
    • Contributor: A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress) - Purdy, Richard A. (Richard Augustus) - Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1918-01-01
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    Arnold Stephen Hoke Collection Second Lieutenant, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - Creston, Iowa; Mexican border; France; Germany; Texas.
    • Contributor: Munson-Siter, Patricia A. - Hoke, Arnold Stephen
    • Date: 1916
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    Arthur Roland Keller Collection Corporal, Marine Corps, World War, 1914-1918 - Parris Island, South Carolina; Meuse-Argonne; Toulon-Troyon; Chateau-Thierry; Soissons; Marbache; St. Mihiel; Blanc Mont; Verdun; France; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany.
    • Contributor: Legacies: Stories from the Second World War - Keller, Arthur Roland - Swope, Thomas A. - Keller, Joyce
    • Date: 1918
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    The American soldier Speech by Warren G. Harding, Senator of Ohio. "My countrymen. Though not in any partisan sense, I must speak of the services of the men and women who rallied to the colors of the Republic in the World War. America realizes and appreciates the services rendered." Text excerpted from hist Speech accepting the Republican Presidential nomination, June 12, 1920.
    • Contributor: Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel) - A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress) - Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1920-01-01
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    America's accomplishment Speech by Breckinridge Long, Assistant Secretary of State. "We accomplished our set purpose in an incredibly short time to the bewilderment of the yet admiring world."
    • Contributor: Long, Breckinridge - A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress) - Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1920-01-01
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    Anthony Akromas Collection Chief Warrant Officer 4, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Oklahoma; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Fort Lewis, Washington. Korean War, 1950-1953 - Korea; France.
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    Macario Bitonio Collection Steward First Class, Navy, World War, 1914-1918 - Cavite (Philippines); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York, New York; Hampton Road, Virginia; Great Lakes, Illinois. Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands); Pacific Theater.
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    James Russell Coffey Collection Sergeant, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - Columbus, Ohio.
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    The Navy is ready Speech by Josephus Daniels, U.S. Secretary of the Navy. "'We have just begun to fight,' was the slogan of the Navy of '76. That is the slogan of the Navy today."
    • Contributor: A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress) - Daniels, Josephus - Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1918-01-01
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    One hundred million soldiers Speech by Frank A. Vanderlip, former Assistant Secretary of Treasury and president of the National City Bank of New York (now Citibank). "To win this war, Congress pledged the resources of the United States to the last man and the last dollar. When you applauded that, you agreed that we would be a united nation."
    • Contributor: Vanderlip, Frank A. (Frank Arthur) - A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress) - Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1918-01-01
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    The Library of Congress Celebrates the Songs of America See and Hear American History Through Song "Know the songs of a country and you will know its history for the true feeling of a people speaks through what they sing."
    • Date: 1581

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