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Trinity and World War I, Part 10: The Red Cross and the YMCA
Donald M. Bishop ‘67 Alum Contributor In 1917, American war planners—viewing the vast gap between the nation’s latent industrial, economic and financial power and the […]
Trinity and World War I, Part 9: The Aviators
Donald M. Bishop ’67 Alum Contributor The Wright brothers made their first short flight from Kitty Hawk at the end of 1903. The Great War […]
Trinity and World War I, Part 8: Under Other Flags
Donald M. Bishop ’67 Alum Contributor During the First World War, some Trinity alumni were among the Americans who served in other Allied militaries. The […]
Trinity and World War I, Part 7: Docs and Padres
Donald M. Bishop ’67 Alum Contributor The vast mobilization of millions of American soldiers, sailors and Marines in World War I required a concurrent medical […]
Trinity and World War I, Part 6: At the Front
Donald M. Bishop ‘67 Alum Contributor In 1917, hundreds of Trinity alumni joined the armed forces to fight in the Great War, and many students […]
Trinity and World War I, Part 5: On the Waves
Donald M. Bishop ’67 Alum Contributor Early on April 28, 1918, the SS Oransa, a British cargo steamer carrying nitrates, sugar and 110 passengers, was […]
Trinity and World War I, Part 4: Mobilization!
Donald M. Bishop ’67 Alum Contributor Millions of combatants were locked in sanguinary combat on the Western Front when the U.S. entered World War I […]
Trinity and World War I, Part 3: Trinity’s West Pointers and the Regular Army
Donald M. Bishop ‘67 Alum Contributor Every generation of young Americans includes some drawn to military careers. Early in the 20th century, there were two […]