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Posted on 10/16/2004 10:14:43 PM PDT by snippy_about_it
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 WWI Facts  OTHER NAMES FOR THE GREAT WAR World War One The War to End All Wars The War to Make the World Safe for Democracy The War of the Nations The First World War The World War Famous Alumni of World War One Humphrey Bogart, Walt Disney, Charles DeGaulle, Ernest Hemmingway, Pope John XXIII, Lawrence of Arabia, Winston Churchill, Bella Lugosi, Fritz Kreisler, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussollini, Fiorello LaGuardia Harry Truman, King Edward VIII, General Marshall, General George Patton, General E. Rommel, G. Marconi General Douglas MacArthur, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Field Marshall Montgomery, Walter Brennan  CASUALTY FACTS During the summer and fall of 1914, France lost as many men on the battlefield as the U.S.Army would lose in all of the 20th century! Russia's losses were never actually counted. It is estimated that over 6 million Russian soldiers were killed in WWI. During World War One, 230 soldiers perished for each hour of the four and a quarter years it continued. The world's worst train accident occured in France, in December 1917 with the deaths of over 600 soldiers. There were 70,000,000 men and women in uniform of that number one-half were either killed, wounded or became prisoners of war. In Great Britian at the end of the war there were 250,000 wounded soldiers who suffered total or partial amputation. The Spanish Influenza of 1918 killed 51 million people worldwide! The U.S. was in the war in actual combat for only seven and a half months. During this time 116,000 were killed and 204,000 were wounded. In 1916 in the Italian Alps a winter avalanche killed 10,000 men. In four years of conflict on the Italian Alpine Front 50,000 soldiers killed by avalances. The Italian Front 1915-1918 was the site of the largest scale mountain warfare in history. During the course of the Great War 11% of Frances's entire population was killed or wounded. The site of the Battle of Verdun is remembered as the battlefield with the highest density of dead per square yard. The biggest naval battle in history occurred off the coast of Jutland in the afternoon of May 31, 1916. More than 200 warships and 100,000 men of the rival navies were involved. The British "Grand Fleet" lost 14 ships. The German "High Seas Fleet" lost 11 ships. Half of the dead of Great War have no known grave. The largest man made explosion occured at Halifax Harbor, Nova Scotia, Canada 1917 with the collison of 2 ammo ships. The 10 month Battle of Verdun, 1916 caused over a million casualties. At the end of the war in France the 650,000 war widows became a powerful voting block . Italian Front 60,000 Alpine troops would freeze to death in the "high mountains" (Dolomiti Adamello ranges) during 3 years of war.  WORLD WAR ONE FIRSTS First war to be fought on 3 continents. First industrialized conflict. First use of chlorine & mustard gas. First use of the flame thrower. First tank battle. First use of mass airplanes. First use of x-ray in the military. First use of a blood bank. First use of guide dogs by blinded soldiers. First four-star general, General John J. Pershing First use of trillion in estimating war costs. First commissioning of war art for propaganda. First use of the IQ Test given to Doughboys of 1917. First U.S. president to visit a European country while in office was Woodrow Wilson on 12/04/18.  WORLD WAR ONE ANIMALS 1917 - "Stubby" a mutt, who wandered into the Connecticut National Armory, goes overseas with the 102nd Inf. Regiment during WW1. The dog saves his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks and locates wounded soldiers. "Stubby" was decorated for Valor by Gen. John Pershing. 1918 - "Cher Ami" a U.S. Army Singal Corps carrier pigeon is wounded during the Battle of Verdun, France. He dies of wounds in 1919 and is awarded the French Croix de Guerre. 1918 - "Rin Tin Tin" a German Shepherd dog was born in a trench in 1918 and rescued by an American Soldier. The dog became the nation's most famous dog and starred in more than 40 films. It is estimated that over 800,000 horses were killed in the line of duty with the British Forces on the Belgium Front. Over 40,000 war dogs were killed while serving with the Allied Armies. Buddy, the offspring of a war dog, is the first seeing eye dog. The Original Pooh Bear was a Canadian World War One Mascot. Rin Tin Tin ,a German Shepherd war dog, helped shape our image of dogs, as a problem solver, paved the way for Lassie and made the dog into an American Folk Hero.      |
http://www.worldwar1.com/
http://lou_ww1.tripod.com/myww1trench/id3.html
http://freepages.military.rootsweb.com/~worldwarone/WWI/
Good (early) morning, Foxhole! Falling in before falling into bed. I hope this finds everyone well!
Snippy, Sam ... how have you been? Have been gone to tend to departed family and got back late this week.
Interesting facts you have here ..... I didn't know Rin Tin Tin was a WWI dog .... I remember watching Rin Tin Tin movies as a kid in the '50s ..... :)
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Good Evening,
My grandfather was a WWI vet and was a victim of mustard gas poisoning. Why were we in this war anyway?
We know what you're thinking. We think it, too. Famous American movie dog Rin Tin Tin is buried here, in france, not in our country. It is shameful, but we're not here to sugarcoat the truth.
His grave is in a cemetery named "The Cimetière des Chiens (et Autres Animaux Exotiques)," in the suburb of Asnieres, hard by the River Seine. The tombstone for the star of American films such as "Jaws of Steel" and "The Man from Hell's River" is made of fruity black onyx, with a gold-leafed "star of the cinema" inscription.
Rin Tin Tin is credited with saving Warner Brothers from bankruptcy in the 1920s, receiving 2,000 fan letters a week (only 286 a week in dog years). He remained a big star until the talkies did him in. He died at age 16. And he was buried in Paris, france.
It's understandable that American malcontents with eating disorders -- like Jim Morrison and Jean Seaburg -- might end up buried in france. But why Rinty? Well, Rin-Tin-Tin was a shell-shocked pup found in the french trenches during World War I (which france needed our help to win). His savior, a US doughboy named Lee Duncan, took Rin-Tin-Tin back to the States, where the dog found fame and fortune. france took Rin-Tin-Tin back after he was dead.
Daphne Hereford, owner of Rin Tin Tin, the lineage and trademarks, takes issue with our Rinty Rant: "As a gesture of honor, Lee Duncan had the body of the original Rin Tin Tin moved to the Paris cemetery as france was his country of birth (the dogs, not Duncan's). Our representative has visited the cemetery, furnished us photos and has personally spoken to the caretaker. There is NO Danger of the cemetery going bankrupt and the original Rin Tin Tin is actually revered there." [3/12/00]
The Cimetie're Des Chiens has pleaded poverty for over a decade, and they're always making noises about closing. The threat is always the same. If we don't get enough money, they say, we'll have to close, and no one will get to visit Rin Tin Tin any more. (What? Aren't there any famous french poodles to give a damn about?) The cemetery doesn't have any money because it doesn't get many tourists, and few Parisians bury their pets there. One day the place will just lock its gates, the french will give that little shrug of their shoulders, and Rin Tin Tin will be lost forever.
It doesn't have to be that way. We can get Rin Tin Tin back. Let's learn from the lesson of American Revolutionary War hero, John Paul Jones. John Paul Jones -- The Father of The Navy -- died broke and forgotten in a cheap Paris hotel in 1792. One of Jones' drinking buddies realized that America might one day want the body back, so he had Jones placed in a heavy lead coffin, completely filled it with whisky, and then sealed it tight. Jones was buried on the outskirts of Paris in a small cemetery.
In 1899, the American ambassador to france decided to get Jones back. After five years of searching he found the body -- still identifiable after all those years. However, the cemetery had been ABANDONED and built over. We had to excavate under shops to get John Paul Jones back.
In 1905, a squadron of US warships escorted John Paul Jones home, where he is now properly interred -- in a vaulted crypt supported by dolphins -- beneath the dome of the Naval Academy's chapel in Annapolis, MD. Marines stand guard in front of the marble tomb, especially wary of visitors in berets.
That's what we should do for Rin-Tin-Tin. If that french cemetery needs money, how much would it take, really, to get them to cough up our beloved canine star?
"Otherwise, what?" we hear from those who don't want to get involved. Perhaps you should know what happened to John Paul Jones' nephritic kidney, which was inadvertently left behind in france. When US officials sought to retrieve the kidney, they were horrified to learn that the famed sea fighter's diseased organ had been inadvertently THROWN OUT by a janitor.
[Note: Some of the dogs who played Rin Tin Tin on television in the 1950s were Rinty's own American-born descendants, and they are buried in Los Angeles, at the home of Lee Duncan. Rin Tin Tin's bloodline carries on at a Houston, TX, kennel, where a litter of 8-11 selectively bred trademarked pups are born every year. The majority find careers as service dogs for disabled children, and several have done search and rescue and police work...]
www.roadsideamerica.com/ pet/rintin.html
Morning Colonel.
Please accept my condolances on your loss.
Snippy and I have been keeping busy. If we never have to look at another catalog again it'll be too soon.
These are so cute, thanks Sam.
Hi Feather.
Feather let us know and you are in our prayers. Rest up and stop back tomorrow.
Yeah that surprised me too. I always thought Rin Tin Tin could kick Lassie's butt. :-)
Good morning feather. I expected to post and hit the sack. LOL. What are all these people doing awake at this late hour?
Howdy Sam!!
Oh dear snippy, well I slept most of the day! LOL
Must be jet lag or else it's that time of the year when I am up most of the night and sleep late.;-)
Going to bed soon. Take care and night, night!!
I thank your grandfather for serving. Mustard gas was pretty nasty stuff.
My grandfather on my Mom's side was a WWI vet, only he fought for the Kaiser. My mom said he wondered why he was in that war too.
Why were we in this war anyway?
Let's see, we had a Democratic President, they always seem to get us involved in wars. ;-)
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