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Learn about the activities that soldiers enjoyed at this historic military post.", "PageURL":"/articles/vancouverbarracksymca.htm", "Image_URL":"/common/uploads/articles/images/nri/20200403/articles/957F3839-C0A6-F27C-07DD0251DBB87FFC/957F3839-C0A6-F27C-07DD0251DBB87FFC.jpg", "Image_Alt_Text":"Black and white photo of a wooden YMCA building with soldiers and civilian standing in front.", "Sites":"Fort Vancouver National Historic Site"}, { "Title":"Sabotage and Naval Preparedness in Charleston", "Abstract":"Before the United States declared war on Germany, entering the Great War, an act of naval sabotage brought the war to Charleston Harbor. The German vessel would be raised and converted to an American naval vessel, the USS Houston, thereby linking sabotage to naval preparedness and increased production on the homefront.", "PageURL":"/articles/charleston-wwi.htm", "Image_URL":"/common/uploads/articles/images/nri/20170318/articles/D1198148-1DD8-B71B-0BC116AE46ABBCFF/D1198148-1DD8-B71B-0BC116AE46ABBCFF.jpg", "Image_Alt_Text":"USS Houston in 1918", "Sites":"Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park"}, { "Title":"Innovative Defenses at Fort Tilden and Rockaway Naval Air Station during WWI", "Abstract":"Sometimes the best offense is a good defense. Two sites that made up New York Harbor’s coastal defense system -- Fort Tilden and the Rockaway Naval Air Station, located in present-day Jacob Riis Park -- proved critical in this role during World War I. Part of a larger coastal defense system dating to the 18th century, Fort Tilden and Rockaway Naval Air Station helped protect the homeland during World War I against some of the most advanced weapons systems of the time.", "PageURL":"/articles/fort-tilden-and-nas-rockaway-wwi.htm", "Image_URL":"/common/uploads/articles/images/nri/20170201/articles/D32CFF28-1DD8-B71B-0B8471B752D1BD08/D32CFF28-1DD8-B71B-0B8471B752D1BD08.jpg", "Image_Alt_Text":"Grainy black-and-white aerial photograph of buildings clustered around the seashore", "Sites":"Gateway National Recreation Area"}, { "Title":"Training for Trench Warfare", "Abstract":"Shortly after the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, construction began on training facilities for hundreds of thousands of new troops. The 80th Division was organized at Camp Lee, Virginia for training in trench warfare. The system of World War I trenches that survives at what is now Petersburg National Battlefield is thought to be the largest and best preserved in the country.", "PageURL":"/articles/training-for-trench-warfare.htm", "Image_URL":"/common/uploads/articles/images/nri/20170130/articles/676B32F2-1DD8-B71B-0B601C2145DC2D3B/676B32F2-1DD8-B71B-0B601C2145DC2D3B.jpg", "Image_Alt_Text":"soldier demonstrates how to properly exit a trench", "Sites":"Petersburg National Battlefield"}, { "Title":"Private Albert Cooper and the 318th Engineers at Vancouver Barracks", "Abstract":"In April 1918, Private Albert F. Cooper joined the 318th Engineers and trained at Vancouver Barracks. Just over a month later, he arrived in France and entered the first World War.", "PageURL":"/articles/albertcoopervancouverbarracks.htm", "Image_URL":"/common/uploads/articles/images/nri/20170725/articles/CC4C4B93-1DD8-B71B-0BAC4F37D4A0E941/CC4C4B93-1DD8-B71B-0BAC4F37D4A0E941.JPG", "Image_Alt_Text":"Photo of Private Albert F. Cooper in uniform", "Sites":"Fort Vancouver National Historic Site"}, { "Title":"The Buffalo Soldiers in WWI", "Abstract":"After years of fighting at home and abroad for a country that held mixed feelings for them, many expected the Buffalo Soldiers to be deployed to France in 1917 to help fight in WWI. However, the regular Army regiments of the Buffalo Soldiers would be found nowhere near France during WWI. Find out about the \"other\" Buffalo Soldiers who would take their place with the American Expeditionary Forces in France. Some would even train at Ohio's WWI Soldier Factory, Camp Sherman.", "PageURL":"/articles/the-buffalo-soldiers-in-wwi.htm", "Image_URL":"/common/uploads/articles/images/nri/20170405/articles/7E52848E-1DD8-B71B-0B5849D55D0589F0/7E52848E-1DD8-B71B-0B5849D55D0589F0.jpg", "Image_Alt_Text":"Several men standing at attention in front of a building", "Sites":"Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument"}, { "Title":"Dayton, Aviation, and the First World War", "Abstract":"When the war began in Europe, the United States military had very few airplanes – only six airplanes, and fourteen trained pilots, were available for use. America realized she needed to strengthen its air power, and quickly.", "PageURL":"/articles/dayton-aviation-and-the-first-world-war.htm", "Image_URL":"/common/uploads/articles/images/nri/20180129/articles/98DC52E4-1DD8-B71B-0BCEB2AF730D9F49/98DC52E4-1DD8-B71B-0BCEB2AF730D9F49.JPG", "Image_Alt_Text":"A pilot and gunner sit in a parked DH-4 biplane.", "Sites":"Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park"}, { "Title":"Preparing For the Great War at Chickamauga Battlefield", "Abstract":"Beginning in the summer of 1917, the War Department utilized Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park as a training ground for thousands of soldiers preparing to go to France. By the end of the war, six miles of training trenches crisscrossed the battlefield and 60,000 men had trained as officers, engineers, and medical personnel.", "PageURL":"/articles/chickamaugawwi.htm", "Image_URL":"/common/uploads/articles/images/nri/20170208/articles/36206D46-1DD8-B71B-0BA6E92FD752DCF2/36206D46-1DD8-B71B-0BA6E92FD752DCF2.jpg", "Image_Alt_Text":"Officer candidates conduct weapons training at Chickamauga Battlefield in 1917", "Sites":"Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park"}, { "Title":"The Spruce Production Division", "Abstract":"From 1917 to 1918, the nationalization of the lumber industry in the Pacific Northwest led to the creation of the Spruce Production Division. This massive war effort employed tens of thousands of soldiers and produced millions of board feet of lumber for the manufacture of airplanes.", "PageURL":"/articles/spruceproductiondivision.htm", "Image_URL":"/common/uploads/articles/images/nri/20170208/articles/35CAA5E9-1DD8-B71B-0B5BF86D30177D6B/35CAA5E9-1DD8-B71B-0B5BF86D30177D6B.jpg", "Image_Alt_Text":"Soldiers inside Spruce Mill", "Sites":"Fort Vancouver National Historic Site"}, { "Title":"The DH-4 Liberty Plane at War and in Peace", "Abstract":"The DH-4 Liberty plane, manufactured from Sitka spruce logged from the forests of the Pacific Northwest, played a significant role both in battle and after the war.", "PageURL":"/articles/libertyplane.htm", "Image_URL":"/common/uploads/articles/images/nri/20170201/articles/D7435935-1DD8-B71B-0B1EFE7D1CC455DF/D7435935-1DD8-B71B-0B1EFE7D1CC455DF.jpg", "Image_Alt_Text":"Historic photo of DH-4 Liberty plane", "Sites":"Fort Vancouver National Historic Site"}] }})