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This article looks at the participation of Fentress County, Tennessee resident Alvin C. York in World War I with a particular emphasis the characterization of York in the Film \"Sargent York\" and its accuracy concerning both York himself, as well as Western North Carolina soldiers involved in the conflict.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 78 Issue 3, July 2001,
p345-377, il, por
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28913
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Kiffin Yates Rockwell (1892-1916) was a North Carolinian who volunteered to help fight for the Allies during World War I before the United States entered the war. Rockwell flew for France in an air squadron known as the Lafayette Escadrille as part of the French Foreign Legion. Rockwell’s personal history before the war and his death during the war are detailed.
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Robert Lester Blackwell is the only North Carolinian to have won the Congressional Medal of Honor in World War I. Private Blackwell died while carrying a message through enemy lines in France. After the posthumous award was granted, a statue was erected outside the Roxboro courthouse to honor him for his service to the country. Mr. Blackwell lived in Hurdle Mills, in Pearson County, and worked the family farm till his death in 1918.
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13965
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North Carolinians contributed to the victory in World War One in a variety of ways: serving in the armed forces, becoming diplomats, contributing on the home front, and providing financial assistance.
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21618
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During World War I between 1916 and 1918, four North Carolinians served in French aviation forces and all were killed in action. Arthur Bluethenthal, James Baugham, Kiffin Rockwell, and James McConnell were either members of the Lafayette Escadrille, La Fayette Flying Corps, or Escadrille 98 during the war. In letters to their families, the pilots describe the driving force that inspired them to join the French Foreign Service as a combination of idealism and a wish for adventure.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 73 Issue 3, July 1996,
p287-308 , il, por, f
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19573
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Continued from October 1924, Vol.1(4) pp.475-540, Part V of Colonel Pratt's war diary reprinted here. This section includes entries dated from September 30, 1918 - October 17, 1918.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 2 Issue 1, Jan 1925,
p117-144
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28988
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More than 20,000 black North Carolinians were called to fight for “democracy” in World War I while being denied equal rights back home. The soldiers faced discrimination at home and in the military. Stories of their service and how they were treated within the Army, by the British soldiers, and by the French soldiers are told.
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10190
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Rogers recounts incidents in the life of Walter Bickett, who was governor of North Carolina during World War I.
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25471
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Although fought miles away, the Great War was felt at East Carolina when food rationing was imposed in the fall of 1917 by the Food Administration Board under Herbert Hoover. To feed a growing campus with dwindling supplies, Nannie Jeter relied on the University’s farm and hogs, and local produce and seafood.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 9 Issue 2, Winter 2011,
p60
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34850
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During World War I, Sandhills Airfield was used in order to train artillery brigades. It became an official post in 1922, renamed Fort Bragg. It also becomes the home of the 82nd Airborne.
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This article presents a first-hand account of the sinking of the Diamond Shoals Lightship in 1918 by a German submarine off the Outer Banks.
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21738
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This article examines the official response from the North Carolina State Board of Health with regards to the outbreak of venereal disease, especially syphilis and gonorrhea, in North Carolina in 1919. The article also discusses U.S. Army policies during World War I and efforts to control the sexuality and freedom of women and girls of the period. The role of gender and class in anti-prostitution and venereal disease control laws in North Carolina are also discussed.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 89 Issue 3, July 2012,
p276-300 , il, f
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34738
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Leonard Day was a Morehead City native who enlisted with the U.S. Navy on April 9, 1917. Assigned to the USS CYCLOPS, Day worked as a 1st class fireman aboard the vessel. In February, 1918, CYCLOPS was travelling from Brazil to Virginia when it vanished off the coast. Several other North Carolinians were onboard with Day. The vessel and crew were declared missing in June, 1918 and are considered “killed in accident.”
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Samuel Iredell Parker, known to his friends as S.I., is the second native North Carolinian to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor during WWI. Born on 17 October 1891, S.I. Parker received the Medal of Honor for gallantry and heroism while going above and beyond the call of duty with American Expeditionary Forces. Performing actions that enabled the 28th Infantry to close a wide gap in the Franco-American lines, Parker's bravery helped force the enemy to retreat.
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24595
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The author presents an overview of North Carolina during World War I, especially at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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