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2 | www.sill.armymwr.com World War I One hundred years ago, the United States reluctantly entered World War I, which tipped the power balance and was a decisive moment for democracy. Two million Americans volunteered for the Army, and close to three million were draed. For the first time, women were in the ranks, and over 350,000 African Americans served in the military. Hundreds of thousands of African Americans migrated north to work in factories and nearly one million women joined the workforce as the United States mobilized to produce weapons, equipment, munitions and supplies. e "Great War" shaped a legacy in medicine, technology, politics and a new way of life. Star-Spangled Trivia Aer the United States entered World War I, baseball officials had decided to cancel the World Series to show respect to the soldiers, but American soldiers in France were so eager to find out which team would come out on top that the World Series was back on. During the seventh inning of the first game, the band played the Star-Spangled Banner and the words we know so well today filled the stadium as players and spectators honored the soldiers overseas. It soon became a tradition to play the Star-Spangled Banner at all baseball games and, later, nearly all sporting events. Learn more about World War I through fiction and non-fiction books and movies at Nye Library! We recommend these book titles as a starting point: • Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour by Joseph Persico • e Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman • Paris 1919 by Margaret MacMillian • A Sailor of Austria by John Biggins Remember WWI Remember WWI 2 | www.sill.armymwr.com