Kansas and Kansans in World War I : service at home and abroad / Blake A. Watson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watson, Blake A., 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Kansas.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--Kansas.

World War, 1914-1918--War work--Kansas.

World War, 1914-1918--Regimental histories--United States.

Kansas--History, Military--20th century.

Kansas.

Kansas. National Guard--History--20th century.

Kansas--Biography.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 404 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Kansas and Kansans in World War One

Kansas and Kansans in World War 1

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2024]

Summary:

"According to the American Battle Monuments Commission, approximately 80,000 Kansans served in the US armed forces during World War I. In Kansas and Kansans in World War I, Blake Watson helps readers understand how World War I affected Kansas and its residents, and how Kansans in turn had an impact on the outcome of the Great War. Through thorough and extensive use of letters, newspapers, and other documents, Watson brings individual soldiers' service to life, using their own words to describe their attitudes and experiences. Watson also looks at Kansans' service and support on the home front, chronicling Kansans' participation in initiatives such as Liberty Loan bonds, newspapers' publication of military service honor rolls and soldiers' letters from abroad, and the xenophobia and hysteria that confronted Mennonites--who were pacifists--and German Americans"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1916

The President Comes to Topeka: Woodrow Wilson and the "Preparedness" Debate

Oskaloosa Forms a Company in the National Guard

The Kansas National Guard at the Mexican Border

"Today we stand behind the nation's chosen leader": Kansas Supports War With Germany

The Army Draft and "Fatal Number 258"

Kansas "Rainbow" Guardsmen: The 117th Ammunition Train of the 42nd Division

Camp Funston: Whites and Blacks Form the 89th and 92nd Divisions

Camp Doniphan: Kansas and Missouri Guardsmen Form the 35th Division

1917

Kansas Home Front: Support, Suppression, and Suspicion

First in France: Charles Orr, Clyde Grimsley, and Frank Cadue of the 1st Division

Victory at Cantigny: Charles Avery, Harry Martin, and Clarence Huebner of the 1st Division

Belleau Wood: The Holton Marine Band and James Harbord of the 2nd Division

Rocks of the Marne: Ulysses Grant McAlexander and Thomas Reid of the 3rd Division

Death in the Trenches: Company B and the Vosges Mountains

St. Mihiel and the 89th Division: September 12, 1918

Meuse-Argonne and the 35th Division: September 26 and 27, 1918

Meuse-Argonne and the 35th Division: September 28, 29, and 30, 1918

Meuse-Argonne and the 89th Division: November 1 and 2, 1918

Black Kansas Soldiers: Fighting Germans and Segregation

Medals of Honor: John Balch, Erwin Bleckley, George Mallon, and George Robb

1919-2024

Kansas Home Front: Distrust, Coercion, and Influenza

Prisoners of War and the YMCA: Clyde Grimsley, Melvin Dyson, and Conrad Hoffman

The Kansas Home Front after the War: Joy, Uncertainty, Anger, and Remembrance

The Boys of Company B: Davis, Segraves, Nichols, and Gutschenritter.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Watson, Blake A. Kansas and Kansans in World War I

ISBN:

9780700637409

0700637400

9780700637416

0700637419

OCLC:

1424745694