Comments for Texas World War I Centennial Commemoration

Comment on EXTREME GALLENTRY IN COMBAT: 135 WWI TEXAS SOLDIERS WHO WERE AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS by Larry Hume

Larry Hume — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:36:01 +0000

Thank you so much for this information. I found one from here in Shelby County, Texas that I wasn’t aware of. Made my day.

Comment on The War to End All Wars: 100 Years Later, Three Things You Can Do Between Now and November 11 to Commemorate by MARY FAE KAMM

MARY FAE KAMM — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 14:44:25 +0000

The Museum of International Cultures is hosting a week long calendar of events to commemorate World War / Check out our website and facebook for details.

Comment on EXTREME GALLENTRY IN COMBAT: 135 WWI TEXAS SOLDIERS WHO WERE AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS by drjones46

drjones46 — Sun, 08 Jul 2018 14:57:59 +0000

Texas World War One Honor Roll has these brave soldiers who were killed in action remembered along with 5,000 more Texas WW1 casualties. Lest We Forget. https://bit.ly/txww1hr The Fallen.

Comment on 90TH DIVISION PREPARES FOR 100TH ANNIVERSARY by Greg Westen

Greg Westen — Mon, 25 Jun 2018 19:46:36 +0000

My father was a Medical Doctor in the 9th CAVALRY. 1942-1944. He was born in 1916.

Comment on USS TEXAS in World War I: Sailing with the British Grand Fleet by Texas WWI Centennial

Texas WWI Centennial — Thu, 21 Jun 2018 01:42:56 +0000

Linda: Thanks for sharing this personal connection. There is an organization in the UK working on an exhibition on the Surrender of the German High Seas Fleet. One of the organizers would like exhibit a copy of the letter you mentioned here. They would like to connect with you about it. You can read about it on http://www.nqht.org under the heading 1918.

– TXWWICC editor

Comment on TEXAS-BASED U.S. ARMY UNITS THAT SERVED; 1918 & 2018 by Carmencita Worland

Carmencita Worland — Fri, 11 May 2018 13:24:59 +0000

Please add the following unit:
Current: 91st Cyberspace Operations Squadron, US Air Force
WWI Designation: 91st Aero Squadron
WWI Campaigns: Lorraine, St Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne
Location: Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland

Comment on TEXAS WWI CENTENNIAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS: DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION by Cialischeap

Cialischeap — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 19:31:20 +0000

Yes, the silk parachute bridal dress were quite common for a short time after WWII because it was one way to get a lot of yards of silk. But during WWII, because silk was difficult to get, they started using nylon for parachutes and switched over. Some of the dresses were made from nylon as well. I don''t think there were any parachute dresses after WWI because parachutes weren''t used that much with fighter planes yet - something about the planes being too small in the cockpit and design issues with parachutes that didn''t get fixed until shortly after WWI. After that is when it started becoming safety wear for pilots. Wiki says the earliest silk parachutes was in the 1790s so maybe there were other parachute gowns pre-WWII. I don''t think they use silk any more: just synthetic fabrics including kevlar of all things. I thought kevlar was heavy but I guess I was wrong. 0

Comment on ALL THE TEXAS WWI BASES, GREAT AND SMALL by Markus

Markus — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 16:08:42 +0000

Such a powerful-sounding work and how I would love to see it. North America has its own story regarding treatment of Sikhs – I think it was the ship called the Komagata Maru with Sikh families seeking to immigrate to Canada, as British citizens and veterans of WW II which anchored outside either Vancouver or Victoria and the families ultimately had to return to Calcutta. There also is a remarkable story about the Ghaddar Movement, involved with the Germans during WWI which started as a student movement at Stanford, culminating in arrests, a trial and a killing in the courtroom. Just great material. Thanks much Jann for reporting so vividly.

Comment on USS TEXAS in World War I: Sailing with the British Grand Fleet by Linda Kelley

Linda Kelley — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 06:28:02 +0000

3/1/2018 I have been cleaning out my Mother’s house and came across a letter my Grandmother loaned to my sister for school. The letter was sent to my Grandmother from a man aboard the USS Texas. The letter is on The Grand Fleet letterhead and is dated 11/22/1918. He said they “met the enemy and they are ours – fourteen battleships.” He said the Dutchmen “kept their word for once and were nice and gentle and anchored right where we told them. I suppose by now the crews are all on their way back to Germany but their ships are still here.” (at Firth of Forth) Kind of cool!

Comment on ALL THE TEXAS WWI BASES, GREAT AND SMALL by Jim Hodgson

Jim Hodgson — Wed, 21 Feb 2018 13:55:42 +0000

Nice piece of work. Thanks.