This Blog Is Dedicated To
Frank Buckles
the last U.S. World War I veteran living
February 1, 1901 - February 27, 2011
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
World War I: The Photograph Archive Post
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| A British 75mm field gun m1897 |
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| Aftermath of a WWI Railway Cannon Platoon's battle |
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| Brothers stick together, even at the most crucial moments |
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| British and Belgian forward unto German Empire territory |
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| U.S. Light Infantry waiting for the "Strike Signal" for their surprise attack on passing German Empire Infantry fireteam |
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| Badland Bruisers: A common slang term given to German Chemical Warfare Specialists most notably by their trademark White "Phantom" gas masks. . . Basically they attacked from the areas thought to be too harmful for an operation because of previous chemical battles. . . The German Empire Had used these regions for their advantage to weaken enemy forces who had thought the area to be barren of life support. . . These soldiers were often depicted as "Phantoms" because they attack without the enemy's notice of the origin of their concentrated fire's location and the white gas masks they used. They had became a major influence on World War I artists (http://history.army.mil/) |
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| Segregated Military Battalion |
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| British Railway Cannon And Armored Train Convoy |
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| US Rangers search trenches and vehicular ruins for fallen comrades and anyone who survived |
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| The Field Artillery Who Inspired The Notorious Howitzer |
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| A stage shot of Post-War Soldiers who had survived WWI |
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| He may be happy now, but today the media would be all over this happy soldiers World War I has many, many things that make it the "First" or "Start-of" but one of the those firsts and start-of was that WWI was first war in which minorities could OFFICIALLY enlist the US army... But that latter became the start of SEGREGATED ARMED FORCES. . . |
Yesterday's Bullets, Are Today's Treasure. . . Literally!
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| A WWI Trench Art of Reproduction Gewehr 88 Bullet |
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| WWI Trench Art of melted down used bullet casings Interesting Side Fact: This individual Trench Art is model airplane based on between two historical figures' Concepts for A device in which will make a man be able to fly . . . Who you ask? One being the obvious because of the obliviously noticeable resemblance to the WWII planes (However, This is a mixed art based on two people's concepts so it may not look quite historically realistic. . .) are the Wright Brothers Wooden-frame first Propulsion engine Bi-plane and other is hard to notice at first glance but is actually and ironically enough the "Other" person who played a MAJOR in the development of the airplane because honestly it was HIS idea to make these types of machines for without his input we would literally never have airplanes, that man is Leonardo Da Vinci and his various concepts for his "flying machines" (I think know you can see the relation of these people's concept's into one plane). |
Over There by George M. Cohan
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| Advertisement Poster Soldier-styled Barber Shop Quartet theatre All \profits were donated to help pay for the war effort (minus a small fee to continue the Theatre, like bills, concessions, etc. (Wikipedia.org) |
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| The Official Cover Art of Finished Published Product of the "Over There" Sheet Music Interesting Side Fact: There is currently NO first editions of this publication that is still preserved in mint or even cherry quality... |
Uncommon forms of WWI Art
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| -WWI Postage Stamps- Considered to most as a Hobby rather than Art but it's art nonetheless |
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| -Destroyed and/or Lost Records of the Artist or Art- Nevischtact Sicht: A painting native to (And Most Popular; Not Common Elsewhere according to Wikipedia.org) Germany, Painted in 1933 by A German painter (This painting is mainly famous for the fact there is known records of the artist, just the information found within in a destroyed small German town museum from the aftermath of WWII again according to Wikipedia.org this may not be 100% accurate) |
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| Small Name Artists: Artist who had not became famous A painting of a WWI Biplane Squadron in a dogfight. . . |
Propaganda Posters
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| Various Propaganda Posters |
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| And yet, when this is over, you will return to making sandwiches. . . |
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| INCOMING CABBAGES ON THE EASTERN FRONT, AND PEPPERS ARE BURNING THE TRENCHES TO ASH!!! |
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| Field Marshall: Okay us guys will go out and sneak into enemy while the new err. . . guys? go out and distract the soldiers with nothing to defend yourself with but a drum. Move Out! |
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| Billy: Hey, Rick, you're going to your uncle's again. . . Rick: Yeah My family's short of full deck and my uncle Sam's has the most screws loose... Billy: He even looks crazy in the poster... Rick: Please, don't remind me of him in the bizarre Outfit... |
- Recruiting
- Bonds
- Government Acts (E.g. Food Preservation, etc.)
- And More!
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
COMMANDER, RED BARON SIGHTED! WHAT ARE YOUR ORDERS?
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| Peter: Quagmire, it's Peter, Ready The Biplanes! |
Yesterday's Tad, Hunter, and Branden
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| Believe me. . . They Aren't Injured, Just Teenage Guys. |
Grenades Of World War I
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| Various Hand Grenades of WWI |
Grenades may have been around since the time of the Byzantine Empire or Song Dynasty, but none of those "primitive" grenades could compare to the evolution of the hand grenade during World War I.
Monday, November 12, 2012
Otto Dix: A True WWI Impressionistic Painter
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| The Masked Reapers That Haunted The Lives Of All America Soldiers of WWI |
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| The Only Remnants of Our Soldiers' Lives That Were Lost Rests Within This Corpse |
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