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Trinity and World War I – Part 1: Early Bantams Decide by Don Bishop
In September, I attended the “First Illumination” of the National World War I Memorial in Washington, a short distance from the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue. The entire Memorial includes a pool and a fountain, trees and landscaping, a statue of General John J. Pershing and memorial inscriptions, but the powerful centerpiece is a long wall of bronze figures entitled “A Soldier’s Story,” sculpted by Sabin Howard. Of the 38 figures most are doughboys, with some nurses among them. The two ends of the long wall show one soldier leaving – and at the end, returning – home.
It’s now been 106 years since the end of the “Great War,” and we can add to the dedication of the memorial by recalling the Trinity students and alumni who participated in the struggle from 1914 to 1918. The United States formally entered the war on April 6, 1917, but some Trinity men were already in the fight, and some were preparing to do so. This first article recalls those forerunners. [Click on the Trinity and World War I link above to read the full article.]
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