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Virginia and the Great War : mobilization, supply and combat, 1914-1919 / Lynn Rainville.
Van Pelt Library D570.85.V8 R25 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rainville, Lynn, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Virginia.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- History.
- Virginia--History--20th century.
- Virginia.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
- Summary:
- Virginia played an important role during World War I, supplying the Allied forces with food, horses and steel in 1915 and 1916. After America entered the war in 1917, Virginians served in numerous military and civilian roles-Red Cross nurses, sailors, shipbuilders, pilots, stenographers and domestic gardeners. More than 100,000 were drafted-more than 3600 lost their lives. Almost every city and county lost men and women to the war. The author details the state's manifold contributions to the war effort and presents a study of monuments erected after the war. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Provisions 5
- 2 Participants 39
- 3 Vestiges 82
- 4 Remains 115
- 5 Homecomings 152
- 6 Commemorations 177.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-240) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476671925
- 1476671923
- OCLC:
- 994519698
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