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Men in suits with suitcases stand in line outside of train cars.

The United States declared war on Germany with a small standing army. There were just over 120,000 men in the U.S. Army, and 180,000 in the National Guard. A radical transformation had to occur to meet the needs of participation in a global conflict.

The film is shown on a screen inside the visitor center at Meuse-Argonne.

The renovated visitor center at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery will be dedicated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 28, 2017, immediately following the Memorial Day ceremony.  One of th

Historical image of President Woodrow Wilson and wife laying wreath at temporary cemetery.

On Tuesday, May 16 at 1 p.m. eastern the American Battle Monuments Commission hosted its first Facebook live chat. In the aftermath of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson and General of the Armies John J.

Men in uniform stand on the steps outside the building.

After the U.S. declaration of war in early April 1917, the American government began preparations in earnest.  For a conflict that had been ongoing for nearly three years, this opportunity for a major momentum shift enlivened the Allies.  They rapidly organized missions to the United States.

Columns and inlaid stars outside the memorial building at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery.

In World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, millions of Americans served far from home. In the various conflicts, service members fought in the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific. They traversed mountains in Italy, France, Korea and Vietnam.

Black and white photos are attached to the Wall of the Missing.

Visitors can walk the hallowed grounds of Cambridge American Cemetery, and see the faces of the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in the fight to liberate Europe during World War II.

This historic photos shows a grouping of one story buildings that constituted Base Hospital No. 4.

Less than a month after the United States entered World War I,  Maj. Harry L. Gilchrist with the U.S. Army Medical Corps received orders to move Base Hospital No. 4 to France.

People gather around a large American flag.

Netherlands American Cemetery commemorated Dodenherdenking, a national day of remembrance for the Dutch on May 4. Across the country, citizens observe two minutes of silence to remember both civilians and members of the military who died in war.

Smoke erupts from the ship, making it almost impossible to see the ship itself.

America’s involvement in World War II was so massive that it’s easy to forget lesser-known battles, especially those in the Pacific Theater of Operations. But every success, and even loss, contributed to a refinement of the Allied strategy to defeat the Germans and Japanese. The Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 was no exception.