The soldiers — dubbed the Lost Battalion — sent out messengers to make contact with the rest of the American forces ... The rest were killed, wounded or captured by the Germans.

The American ... owed to its soldiers and citizens, transforming the relationship between the nation and its people forever. There was no effective ambulance corps to transport wounded soldiers ...

World War I claimed the lives of 8 million men, with another 21 million wounded ... Coleman Ladd, an American socialite and sculptor turned Red Cross volunteer, some soldiers were once again ...

Smithsonian collections document the patriotic service of African Americans throughout our Nation's history, from the American Revolution up to today. At the National Museum of African American ...