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1921 – Adelbert Gruman had been a radioman in World War I. Now, in the post-war years, he worked at Minneapolis’ Winkley Artificial Limb Co., part of a booming business providing prosthetics to war vets. Here’s Britt Aamodt. [Read Transcript…]
November 24, 1918 – The war was over and Private George “Judge” Knott and the other men in the 90th Division strapped on their packs and marched east. They were among the American forces that would occupy a defeated Germany. Here’s Britt Aamodt. [Read Transcript...]
Fall 1918 – Dewitt Wallace used his time recuperating from shrapnel wounds at a Paris military hospital copying articles by hand and condensing them. In 1922, Wallace’s work would pay off with the publication of his periodical Reader’s Digest. Here’s Britt Aamodt. [Read Transcript...]
March 28, 1918 – Lieutenant Bernard Gallagher, a recent med school grad from Waseca, Minnesota, had 20 wounded men in his care. He stayed put when the infantry troops retreated. He would spend the rest of the war in a German POW camp. Here’s Britt Aamodt. [Read Transcript...]
October 8, 1918 – Charles Beaupre, 29, father and husband from the White Earth Reservation, ducked into his British-made Marv V tank. The 301st Heavy Tank Battalion men were new to battle but ready to prove themselves. Here’s Britt Aamodt. [Read Transcript...]
