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John J. Pershing by Tim McNeese
U.S. Model 1910 mess kit World War I helmet World War I hand grenades
The War To End All Wars: World War I by Russell Freeman
Political Cartoon 1917
“It’s a Long Way To Tipperary” “What Kind of American Are You?” 3:19
Frederick Benjamin Critchlow
Home in Salt Lake City, Utah Wife, Angie Daughter, Virginia
“As a result of Virginia’s death, Fred was in the first draft into the army in Salt Lake City in World War I. Virginia passed away in May and by September Fred was gone to war, leaving Angie alone.”
About Angie Critchlow worked as a Red Cross Worker while Fred was in WWI.
France, Sept. 26, 1918 “We entered the trenches on Hill 305—Dead Man’s Hill. When on hill 295 we encountered a barrage and intense machine gun fire from Jerry. I got behind a small ridge and bullets were whistling over my head and all around. Shells lit every where it seemed to me except where I was lying. I thot then it was (as the French say) finish Critchlow but I got thru O.K. “That night I slept in a small hole not covered except by a Dutch tarpaulin (tarp) we found. It rained, it invariably does at the front and shells came over all night. We were bombed by airplanes during this action and they also used machine guns on us.”
“Battle of the Somme.” “Eat more corn, oats, and rye products.” “Frederick Benjamin Critchlow.” Original photo in the possession of C. W. Walker. “Frederick Benjamin Critchlow—Letters to His Wife, Angie.” Original letters in the possession of C. W. Walker. Frederick Benjamin Critchlow. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, Frost, Elinor Critchlow. “Biography of Frederick Benjamin Critchlow.” “Gassed” by John Singer Sargent. “In Front of Napoleon’s Tomb.” Original photo in the possession of C. W. Walker. “John J. Pershing.” titlewave.com Utah Military Records, 1861 – ancestry.com “The War to End All Wars: World War I.” titlewave.com “Work or Fight.” dakinarchives.net “World War I.” “World War I Songs.” “Zimmerman Telegram.” archives.gov