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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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10.Paul Green's War Songs by Roper, John Herbert North Carolina Literary Review Vol. 1 Issue 2, 1994
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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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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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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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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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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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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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