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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: Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress) - Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel) - A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1918-01-01
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    George Jacob Doll Collection Corporal, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Florida; Camp Merritt, New Jersey; Marseille, France; Nice, France; Paris, France. Lieutenant Colonel, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - United States.
    • Contributor: Carlisle, Bonita - Doll, George Jacob
    • Date: 1917
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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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    Americanism Franklin Delano Roosevelt, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy, speaking of those who fell in battle. "To them we must write the binding finish: it shall not happen again. Americans demand: the crime of war shall cease."
    • Contributor: Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress) - Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano)
    • Date: 1920-01-01
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    Lesley C. Bickley Collection Chief Warrant Officer, Navy, World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific Theater; Gilbert Islands; Marshall Islands; Wake Island; Marcus Island; Midway; Stewart Islands; Santa Cruz Islands; Solomon Islands.
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    From the battlefields of France A patriotic appeal by the U.S. Army to Americans for "their unshrinking support" delivered by General John J. Pershing, Chief of the American Expeditionary Forces.
    • Contributor: Pershing, John J. (John Joseph) - Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress) - Jim Walsh Collection (Library of Congress) - A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1918-01-01
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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: Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress) - Daniels, Josephus
    • Date: 1918-01-01
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    Lloyd Brown Collection Seaman Second Class, Navy, World War, 1914-1918 - Norfolk, Virginia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Great Lakes, Illinois; Atlantic Ocean.
    • Contributor: National Court Reporters Association (NCRA) - Daughters of the American Revolution, Frederick, Maryland Chapter - Kristin O'Reilly - Brown, Lloyd - Redmond, Patricia
    • Date: 1918
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    Lars N. Greenquist Collection Corporal, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - France.
    • Contributor: Greenquist, Lars N. - Manta, Vincent - Johnson, Vernon - Va Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI
    • Date: 1918
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    Madelon (I'll be true to the whole regiment) sound recording | 1 sound disc : analog, 80 rpm ; 10 in. | Copyright: Remick Music Corp., 1918. Cutout date: 10/31/1929. On label: baritone and male voices with orchestra. French words by Louis Bousquet. Coupling date: 1/15/1919. (Venue). With (reverse side): Till we meet again / Gladys Rice, Vernon Dalhart. DLC Sound Recording (Form). Electronic Resource (Form). Remote (Form). Sound Recording (Form). Sound...
    • Contributor: Robert, Camille - Fields, Arthur - Edison - Bryan, Alfred
    • Date: 1919
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    Guy Ichabod Rowe Collection Army, World War, 1914-1918 - Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Philippines; Fort McKinley, Washington; Vancouver Barracks, Washington; Yuma, Arizona; San Diego, California; Camp Taliaferro, California; Paris, France; Cochem, Germany; Brussels, Belgium; Antwerp, Belgium; Fort H.G. Wright, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Fort Benning, Georgia. Brigadier General, Army, World War, 1939-1945 - Washington, DC: Camp Lee, Virginia; Jeffersonville, Indiana.
    • Contributor: Woodstrup, Thomas - Rowe, Guy Ichabod - Stoker, Brandon - Sycamore Historical Society and Museum
    • Date: 1910
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    Boone L. Jowers Collection Chief Petty Officer, Navy, World War, 1914-1918 - Atlantic Ocean; North Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Baltic Sea; Panama Canal Zone.
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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. Michiel, Blanc Mont, Verdun, France; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany.
    • Contributor: Keller, Joyce - Legacies: Stories from the Second World War - Keller, Arthur Roland - Swope, Thomas
    • Date: 1918
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    Arnold Stephen Hoke Collection Second Lieutenant, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - Creston, Iowa; Mexican border; France; Germany; Texas.
    • Contributor: Hoke, Arnold Stephen - Munson-Siter, Patricia
    • Date: 1916
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    Democrats in the World War Tribute to President Wilson by Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer. "A leadership unsurpassed in the history of parliamentary democracy."
    • Contributor: Palmer, A. Mitchell (Alexander Mitchell) - Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1919-01-01
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    Address
    Address by J.D. Rockefeller Jr | United War Work Campaign     Speech by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., chairman of the United War Work Campaign, an organization that raised $35 million for various private organizations working with the troops during World War I. "For the first time in history, people of Jewish, Catholic, and Protestant faiths, are standing side by side and working in closest cooperation for a great common cause."
    • Contributor: Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress) - Rockefeller, John D., (John Davison)
    • Date: 1918-01-01
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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: A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress) - Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress) - Long, Breckinridge
    • Date: 1920-01-01
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    Clara Wilhelmina Emily Hoke Collection Lieutenant, Army Nurse Corps, World War, 1914-1918 - France.
    • Contributor: Munson-Siter, Patricia - Hoke, Clara Wilhelmina Emily Lewandoske
    • Date: 1917
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    Henry Francis Muenzel Collection Private, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - France.
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    At the front Speech by Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. "I saw the superb and veteran armies of Great Britain, France, and Italy. I saw the heroic associates with whom our own army is to fight and I had then, as I have now, a sense of stirring and rising pride in the feeling that America's great and splendidly equipped and prepared army is composed of...
    • Contributor: Baker, Newton Diehl - Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1918-01-01
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    Loyalty Speech given by Ambassador James Watson Gerard as warning to German Americans, "Every citizen must declare himself American -- or traitor!"
    • Contributor: Gerard, James W. (James Watson) - Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress) - Jim Walsh Collection (Library of Congress) - A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1918-01-01
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    John F. Deterding Collection First Lieutenant, Army Air Forces/Corps, World War, 1939-1945 - European 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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    American rights A speech by William Gibbs McAdoo, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. "Fellow countrymen, this great Republic is facing one of the most extraordinary situations in the world's history. It would be difficult to exagerate the seriousness of the great conflict in which we are engaged."
    • Contributor: McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs) - Nation's Forum Collection (Library of Congress) - A.F.R. Lawrence Collection (Library of Congress)
    • Date: 1918-01-01
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    Frank Woodruff Buckles Collection Corporal, Army, World War, 1914-1918 - United States; England; France; Germany. Civilian, World War, 1939-1945 - Philippines.
    • Contributor: Buckles, Frank Woodruff - McMillen, Liz
    • Date: 1917