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Tag Archives: WWI
Item of Interest: Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Employee Badge
A researcher visited us today seeking information about an item in his private collection: a Dayton-Wright Airplane Company employee badge. We were not able to find any information about the badge. If you are able to share any insights into … Continue reading
Posted in Aviation, Collections, SC&A
Tagged artifacts, aviation, aviation history, collections, CORE Scholar, digital collections, MS-152, outreach, SC-150, World War I, WWI, WWI100
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The War is Over: Armistice Day, November 11, 1918
The “War to End All Wars,” which lasted over 4 years and cost almost 20 million lives, ended on November 11th, 1918, at 11 A.M. (6 A.M. here in Dayton). Headlines in the November 11 Dayton Daily News read “World’s Greatest War … Continue reading
Posted in Collections, Dayton Daily News
Tagged Alice Carr, Armistice, MS-135, MS-182, ms-342, WWI, WWI100
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Missed It By One Day: Clair W. Welty, An American Soldier in WWI
As we near the end of the World War I centennial commemorations, I find myself thinking of Clair Wilbur Welty, who, towards the end of the war, was a 28-year-old pilot-trainer in the U.S. Army Signal Corps at Issoudun, France. … Continue reading
Posted in Aviation, Collections
Tagged aviation, aviation history, MS-196, World War I, WWI
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