Jim Davis

“No Man’s Land,” the area between the trenches, was a concentrated killing field that had to be crossed if any advance was going to take place. Sentries…

The Germans were steadily being forced back towards their homeland, giving up much of the territory they had gained since 1914. As the Allies advanced,…

As the Meuse-Argonne offensive began, the letters from the North Dakota soldiers in France were now only lightly censored. Life on the battlefield was…

On September 29, 1917, throngs of people had stood amid garlands of red, white and blue bunting, waving flags and banners as they crowded on the railroad…

Three days after the drive for the Fourth Liberty Loan began on September 28, 1918, the citizens of North Dakota had subscribed to $12 million of the…

From the American perspective in September of 1918, the allies in France needed to take the offensive instead of continuing the battle of attrition…

John Grass, or Charging Bear, was a beloved leader of the Teton Sioux and an ardent supporter of the war effort. July of 1917, although weakened by a…

As more young men left for the battlefields of France, service flags were proudly displayed in homes, business, churches and social organization across…

Among the North Dakota soldiers fighting somewhere in France, were a number of young men of Jewish faith. Sam Rigler, from Taylor, North Dakota, trusted…

Weekly or daily, depending upon the local publisher, North Dakotans counted on newspapers to publish the minutes of county and city meetings, land proofs,…