Has the US forgotten about World War One?
By Jane O'Brien BBC News, Washington
Visualization of memorial concept Image copyright WW1 Commission
Image caption An illustration of the WW1 memorial concept, scheduled to be completed by late 2018
There are no World War I veterans left alive in the US, but a century after the conflict that reshaped the world, ground has broken on a new monument in Washington, DC, to the 4.5 million Americans who served.
The US entered the war in 1917 - almost three years after European powers had been bludgeoning themselves to near destruction. Some 53,000 US soldiers were killed in combat, according to the defence department, while 64,000 died off the battlefield, including deaths from the influenza epidemic. Another 200,000 were wounded.
At the time, few Americans wanted to join a conflict largely thought to be pointless and irrelevant. Despite its profound impact on what became the "American Century", World War I remains a marginal war for many in the US.
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I didn't realize we lost so many men.
And I agree with the premise mostly, we are a bit detached in how we view it versus World War II especially and some other conflicts.
A few images.
