A century ago, World War I was entering its second year of slaughter with massive casualties recorded on the Western and Eastern fronts of Europe, as well as in Turkey, Iraq and South Africa. The United States was still embroiled in controversy over the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in June 1915, and politically divided over whether to join the British and French in their fight against Germany and the Central Powers. At home, President Woodrow Wilson was concerned with the national defense of A
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