Let's Remember Together - New Blog Post

• by ral104 moderator, scientist

  http://blog.operationwardiary.org/

  Taking a look at some of the names from the diary pages - a good day to begin the series, as today is Remembrance Day in the UK.

  Posted November 11, 2014 11:16 AM

• by HeatherC moderator

  Great idea Rob - someone did ask the question in the Lives support forum about what the link-up might be between the two projects. Here at least is one we can do!

  Posted November 11, 2014 12:30 PM

• by DZM admin

  Also Veterans' Day here in the US.

  It's nice to know that we still have a holiday that tangentially recognizes just how monumental WWI and its armistice were, when, perhaps especially in the US, it's massively overshadowed by WWII in the public mindset.

  Posted November 11, 2014 3:34 PM

• by ral104 moderator, scientist

  On a related note...don't suppose anybody knows whether the American Expeditionary Force units kept records similar to the war diaries, do they?

  Posted November 11, 2014 3:53 PM

• by David_Underdown moderator

  They seem to have something called morning reports http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/morning-reports-and-unit-rosters.html

  Posted November 11, 2014 4:49 PM

• by ral104 moderator, scientist

  Thanks, David. That's interesting. I've spoken to a couple of people at NARA, but so far haven't been able to track anything down. The Morning Reports look worth investigating.

  Posted November 12, 2014 10:33 AM