U.S. ARMY SIGNAL CORPS

WOODROW WILSON

DEFEAT U-BOAT POSTER

WOMEN IN WAR EFFORT

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By 1918, American troops were in Europe, fighting in World War I.

Americans in French Tank, U.S. Army Signal Corps (1918), unknown

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Woodrow Wilson helped negotiate the Treaty of Versailles in Paris.

Woodrow Wilson in Paris, January 1919, unknown

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Propaganda posters urged Americans to help defeat Germany. U-boats were German submarines used to block trade.

Defeat the Kaiser and His U-Boats (ca. 1918), unknown

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Many women helped out in the war effort, both overseas and at home.

Salvation Army Women Bring Sustenance to Soldiers (May 9, 1918), unknown

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