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The University of Alabama in WWI

By Matthew Culver The 1918 campus of the University of Alabama would be a strange sight for the modern observer. Familiar classroom buildings such as Morgan and Smith Halls would be present; however, the students filing out of them would be wearing strange, round brimmed caps and earth toned uniforms. The quad that now serves as a field of festivity and recreation was instead witness to the precision of military cadence and the spectacle of bayonet drills. The University of […]

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PHI Intern Matthew Culver Explores His Family’s Connection to the Great War

By Matthew Culver As part of my research for the Gorgas House’s upcoming feature on the centennial of American entry into the First World War, I am exploring the actions of Alabamians that fought in the Great War from 1917-1918. Many of these Alabamians were organized under the 167th Infantry Regiment of the 42nd Infantry Division (aka the “Rainbow Division.” So dubbed by Douglass MacArthur to reflect the nationwide origins of her regiments). Within this regiment served my own ancestor, Pvt. Clarence […]

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