Marblehead in World War I: At Home and Overseas

Marblehead in World War I: At Home and Overseas
ISBN-10
1614238413
ISBN-13
9781614238416
Category
History
Pages
144
Language
English
Published
2011-05-16
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Author
Margery A. Armstrong

Description

The small seacoast town of Marblehead, in eastern Massachusetts, was the first to answer the call to arms during both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. Throughout World War I, Marblehead was affected, and the town influenced the outcome. Boasting of the fifth and final naval militia in history, the Tenth Deck Division, Marblehead's men stood on the front line as the first shots rang out, aimed at the Germans in 1917. It was a town that pulled together, rallied behind their own family and friends while they fought in the trenches of war and stood shoulder to shoulder in their diligent commitment. Historian Margery A. Armstrong delves into the past through articles and letters from those overseas that were first published in the Marblehead Messenger.

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