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Veteran’s Day, 100 Years On
« on: November 13, 2018, 12:18:37 pm »

Veteran’s Day, 100 Years On
Chad Manske
November 12, 2018
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Five-hundred eighty-four days — that was the duration of U.S. military involvement in World War I — “the war to end all wars” — culminating in the historic Armistice Agreement on Nov. 11, 1918. In the United States, the day is now celebrated as Veteran’s Day. Last year, when I conveyed the enlistment oath to 755 U.S. Air Force basic training graduates at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, I purposefully selected April 7, among many weekly dates provided by the 37th Training Wing leadership, for its significance. That was the first full day that the United States was officially at war with Germany. I chose this day to express to our most junior airmen the legacy they were soon to become part of, not just of the nascent air arm that in 30 years would become the separate U.S. Air Force, but also of a reluctant nation slow to check German aggression and break its commitment of neutrality.

https://warontherocks.com/2018/11/veterans-day-100-years-on/