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Posted 9 years ago
scottvez
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This is a large WW1 era folder mounted image.
Image depicts a soldier who served as an Aviation Mechanic. The large propeller insignia can be seen on his shoulder and the prop and wing collar device can also be seen.
Photographed by Holston of Berkeley (California).
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Nice Picture ,,,This country didn't really want to get into WWI But after the Germans Sank The Lusitania Off The old head of Kinsale of Ireland. We were as they today ...All In ..By the way Elbert Hubbard and his 2nd wife Alice was on the ship ,.. they were the Roycrofts heart and soul from 19o1 till 1915 when the ship went down .....Dec.7th,.. by the way the ship was loaded with a supplies of bullets for England...
I certainly do not want to take anything away from your family loss – or the loss to any of the families of the 1,191 souls who died that day, including the 128 Americans. The Lusitania was sunk on 1 May 1915, and did much to push America onto a path for war with Germany, but America would not be “All In” until April 1917, when President Wilson declared war.
In the almost two years in between those dates, a number of things happened. The British were much more successful in influencing American opinion than the Germans, exposing German atrocities and emphasizing the allied role as defending against aggression. In the meantime, The Americans extracted a pledge From Germany that they would place restrictions on submarine warfare.
Two things happened in January 1917; The German’s abandoned their pledge and resumed unrestricted submarine warfare. Several US ships would be sunk with accompanying loss of life between January and April. Also in January, Germany proposed a secret alliance with Mexico, that should the U.S. declare war on Germany, Germany would assist Mexico in getting back parts of the Southwest that the US had annexed after the Mexican-American War.
Mexico never agreed to the alliance, but when the intercepted proposal was made public in March, combined with the ongoing loss of American life at sea, it helped to persuade the American public that continued neutrality was not possible, and Wilson had the support he needed to declare war.
(all in) was a bad choice of words on my part ...smiling here's what your talking about... thank you for the correction Chrisnp ..
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/lusitania
And I'm sorry to get up on my soapbox, Roy. I've found that when Americans learn about why we entered WWI, the Lusitania is always cited, like simple cause and effect. Yet all this other stuff had to happen first. I think some people equate it with how we got into the Spanish-American war over the sinking of the Maine in the matter of a couple months.
Sorry again, sometimes I'm like a dog with a bone over my pet peeves.
no no Chrisnp...lol ..this is all open for debate ...that's why I enjoy C W as well as a chance to goof around a little ...smiling Your (Right when your Right) the old fella would tell me and when I asked him how's my welding looking ..he would say I see a monument of brilliance....lol.. just a monument ...smiling
Thanks for starting the lively discussion, roy!
No problem with the soapbox, chris-- I seem to do it on a regular basis.
scott
thank you Scott.. for the post ,Wish I could of contribute something more along the lines ... to post it self.
Germany even posted in the papers that the Lusitania was carrying munitions of war & was a legitimate target of war well before it sailed. U.S. involvement was insured simply by hiding facts from the public (virtually lying). Same as the Spanish-American war when the U.S. invented reasons so they could seize defensive sites. This has gone round & round for a century & I really don't want to get into it again. Key word is "emperialism". Grab the pair & the rest will follow!
Thanks sklo, buss and ted.
scott