Category Archives: World War One

Kiffen Rockwell WWI Album

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Jack Wagner

I came across a very interesting photo album on Flickr the other day.  It appears the State Archives of North Carolina digitized 108 photographs from the Kiffin Y. Rockwell Papers that is part of their WWI Collection.  They were recently … Continue reading →

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Hodgepodge for Summer 2018

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Jack Wagner

Well, summer is about over for me–at least for all the home landscape and garden projects, travel and vacations, the visiting relatives and general busy work that needed to be done in the good weather.  It’s time for some relaxation … Continue reading →

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WWI Photographs of the Foreign Legion

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Jack Wagner

I was browsing the digital images of World War I that are found in the online collection known as the Albums Valois and discovered several photographs depicting the Foreign Legion.  These photo albums (according to their website which I paraphrase … Continue reading →

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The Legion by Gustave Babin

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Jack Wagner

The record of the French Foreign Legion in World War I is exemplary by any standards.  The RMLE (the last task organization that the Legion fought in for most of the war, 11 Nov 1915-20 Sep 1920) was one of … Continue reading →

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Kelly of the Legion by Robert Service

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Jack Wagner

The following verse was written by Robert W. Service, a Canadian writer (though from England of Scottish heritage) known for his poems that were set in the Yukon and the Northwest Canadian wilderness during the early 1900’s.  The literary snobs … Continue reading →

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