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for "North Carolina--History--World War, 1914-1918"
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28958
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Women who served in the Army Nurse Corps during World War I at Base Hospital 65 in Brest, France share their stories. 90 of the 100 nurses stationed at the hospital were from North Carolina. Over the course of 14 months, the nurses treated nearly 40,000 soldiers. The history of the nurses of Base Hospital 65 is detailed.
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21113
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Playwright Paul Green is well known in North Carolina as the writer of the play, The Lost Colony, which portrays the story of the lost English colony on Roanoke Island. Born in rural Harnett County in 1894, Green pushed for a more progressive North Carolina, especially with regards to the civil rights of African-Americans. In addition to his liberal reputation, Green also served in the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I as a mining engineer during the height of trench warfare.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 1 Issue 2, 1994,
p22-46, il, por, map
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21211
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An examination of the North Carolina Senate and Congressional representatives who served between 1917 and 1919. The delegation generally supported President Woodrow Wilson, but sometimes differed with him on issues such as wartime taxation, US bonds, women's suffrage, prohibition, and wartime civil liberties. During this period North Carolinians held two of the 23 principal chairmanships in the Senate and four of the eighteen in the House, as well as the post of House Majority Leader.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 56 Issue 3, July 1979,
p298-323, il, por
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15058
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Diamond Shoals Lightship, which swings at anchor in 180 fathoms of water 14 miles at sea off Cape Hatteras, was the only American light vessel sent to the bottom of the Atlantic by German underseas craft during the First World War.
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21349
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During World War I, the Woman's Committee of the Council of National Defense established Woman's Committees in most states to help gain support for the war effort. Laura Holmes Reilly of Charlotte was head of the North Carolina Woman's Committee. The committee faced many problems during the course of the war including male condescension, limited funding, poor response from female North Carolinians, and ill-defined goals. The committee was successful on several fronts though including registering women for service, foster increased food production, maintaining social services, assisting in the moral well-being of soldiers, improving health and education and encouraging black participation in its programs.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 55 Issue 3, July 1978,
p251-283, il, por, f
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28914
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During World War I, North Carolinians were affected in many ways. Men, women, and children stepped up to help out the cause in a variety of ways. Many joined the war effort as soldiers, bases were created in Fayetteville, Raleigh, Charlotte, and Hillsborough, people bought war bonds, children were encouraged to help garden, women joined organizations like the Red Cross, and North Carolina’s wartime industry brought jobs and money to the state.
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21173
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During the summer of 1918, the German submarine U-117 stalked the coast of the United States, sinking military and commercial shipping alike. On August 15th, the U-117 torpedoed the British tanker 'Mirlo' off of Cape Hatteras. The nearby Chicamacomico Coast Guard livesaving station responded to rescue the wayward British sailors.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 45 Issue 4, Oct 1968,
p384-398, il, por, f
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21253
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In 1932, the Bonus Army marched on Washington, D.C. to demand cash payment of World War I veterans' service certificates. Nearly 300 North Carolinians joined the Bonus Army and hundreds of additional veterans marched through the state on their way to the capital.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 51 Issue 1, Jan 1974,
p64-89, il, por, f
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24715
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This article discusses the appearance of submarines in 1918 on the North Carolina coast and how many ships were lost in submarine attacks. One such attack took place in 1918, when the British tanker MIRLO (ship) was torpedoed near Chicamacomico.
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78
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World War I flying ace Billy Mitchell made aviation history when he bombed battleships off Hatteras in 1923.
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21058
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An examination of the establishment, organization, and role of the North Carolina Council of Defense during World War I. This state branch of the national organization was established to investigate and advise the government on the problems associated with economic mobilization, to coordinate the preparedness of the different states, and to set the pattern of civilian response to wartime administrative decrees.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 50 Issue 1, Jan 1973,
p1-31, il, por
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19536
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The article is a summation of the history and establishment of the North Carolina Fuel Administration as culled from the administration's records. The Fuel Administration began in 1917 and primary function was to monitor food and fuel supplies during World War I. An appendix to the article lists both state and local fuel administrators by name, address, designation, date of employment, and whether these members served on a voluntary or salary basis.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 1 Issue 2, April 1924,
p138-175, f
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21739
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This article examines the list of U.S. Navy warships that have borne the name USS Asheville from 1918 to 1991 and the way in which Asheville, North Carolina responded. It also discusses the World War I preparedness movement and the sinking of the first USS Asheville in World War II.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 89 Issue 3, July 2012,
p301-330 , il, f
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28916
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The impact the Women’s Land Army of America had on the war effort during World War I is detailed. The idea for the group originally started in Great Britain before being adopted in America. The group encouraged women known as “farmerettes” to volunteer by helping plant, grow, or harvest crops during the war. This group helped the Suffrage Movement and the history of the group before, during, and after the war is detailed.
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34643
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This two-part interview sheds light on a little-known German internment camp in the western landscape of North Carolina. Both authors interviews, Ron Rash and Terry Roberts, released works of fiction regarding the camp in 2012. Roberts focuses on the camp located in the Mountain Park Hotel, and its manager and internees, while Rash develops a love story between an escaped internee and a local woman. Both novels address the tensions between the two groups, as well as how the Germans began to integrate into society and form relationships.
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North Carolina Literary Review
(NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. 23 Issue 1, 2014,
p30-47, il, por, f
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