https://whiningpast.com/2015/08/25/february-1919-final-entry-published/2015-09-02T13:41:35+00:00monthlyhttps://whiningpast.com/photos/https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cap-with-sybil.jpgAn older Raymond Earl Hill, still known to my family as Cap, with his second wife, Sybil Wardwell Hill (d. June 29, 1988).https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/more-records1.jpgEven more records.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/headshot-2.jpgA C.O. referred to Capt. Hill as "an exceptionally efficient officer."https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/st-die-and-injury.jpgThe record acknowledges Cap's engagement in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, as well as his injury in the last month of the war.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/more-discharge-papers.jpgMore discharge papers.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/omar-bradley.jpgCap's discharge paper is signed by then Major General Omar Bradley, who later became one of nine generals in U.S. history to receive a five-star rank.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/record-handwriting.jpgPeople had much nicer handwriting back then.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/military-record.jpgCap's official military record (May 18, 1917 - March 19, 1919)https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/puppa.jpgMy grandfather, John Slayter Hill, at a young age (c. 1939).https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cap-and-puppa.jpgCap and his son, my grandfather ("Puppa").2015-08-25T00:46:34+00:00weekly0.6https://whiningpast.com/about/https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/about-photo.jpgVarious records of Capt. Raymond Earl Hill (b. October 26, 1890)2015-08-25T00:35:13+00:00weekly0.6https://whiningpast.com/entries/february-1919/https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/hippodrome_1905.jpgHippodromeNew York's Hippodrome in 1905https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/olympic-camoflouge.jpgRMS Olympic CamouflageAnother view of the Olympic's "dazzle" camouflage.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/fin.jpgFinThe last words Cap entered into his war journal.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/olympic-wwi-dazzle.jpgThe RMS OlympicIn 1917, the RMS Olympic was painted with a "dazzle" camouflage to make it more difficult for observers to estimate its speed and heading.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/rms-olympic.jpgRMS Olympichttps://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ss-george-washington.jpgSS George WashingtonThe SS George Washington in service during World War Ihttps://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ss_leviathan_1913.jpgSS Leviathan (1913)The SS Vaterland was a German ocean liner that was seized by the U.S. government in 1917 and renamed "Leviathan." It was used as a troop ship for the remainder of the war.2015-08-24T23:14:36+00:00weekly0.6https://whiningpast.com/entries/january-1919/https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/general_john_joseph_pershing.jpgGeneral John Joseph PershingGeneral John J. Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/big_four.jpgBig FourThe Paris Peace Conference began January 18th, 1919. "The Big Four" (David Lloyd George of Britain, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy, Georges Clemenceau of France, President Woodrow Wilson of the U.S) made most of the decisions.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/still-at-ambrieres.jpgStill at Ambriereshttps://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/jan-8.jpgJanuary 8thhttps://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/january-portrait.jpgJanuary Portrait2015-08-24T20:31:29+00:00weekly0.6https://whiningpast.com/2015/04/01/january-1919-published/2015-04-17T01:23:48+00:00monthlyhttps://whiningpast.com/entries/december-1918/https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dec-31.jpgNew Year's Eve, 1918https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/christmas-1918.jpgChristmas, 1918Officers of the 79th Division. Meuse, France. Christmas, 1918.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dec-20.jpgDecember 20th, 1918https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/1918_spanish_flu_waves.gif1918 Spanish FluSpanish Flu mortality rates 1918 - 1919.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/la_moselle_c3a0_liverdun.jpgLa Moselle à LiverdunThe Moselle River in Liverdun.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dec-8.jpgDecember 8th, 1918https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dec-1.jpgDecember 1st, 1918https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/with-john.jpgWith JohnCap with his son John (my grandfather).2014-10-02T19:26:48+00:00weekly0.6https://whiningpast.com/entries/july-1918/https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/late-july.jpglate-julyA July entry to the journal.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/langres.jpgLangresLangres, Francehttps://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/elsiejanis1.jpgElsiejanis1An American singer, actress, and performer, Elsie Janis was eventually dubbed "the sweetheart of the AEF."https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/beautiful-day.jpgbeautiful-dayhttps://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/learn-english.jpglearn-englishhttps://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/prise_de_la_bastille.jpgPrise_de_la_BastilleStorming of the Bastille, by Jean-Pierre-Louis-Laurent Houelhttps://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/july-12.jpgjuly-12https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/july-2.jpgjuly-2https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/nieuport_23_c-1_colour.jpgNieuport_23_C.1_(colour)A French fighter plane (c. 1917).https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/more-records.jpgmore-records2014-10-02T19:23:37+00:00weekly0.6https://whiningpast.com/essay/2014-10-02T01:25:48+00:00weekly0.6https://whiningpast.com/documentary/2014-10-02T01:23:55+00:00weekly0.6https://whiningpast.com/2014/10/02/december-1918-published/2014-10-02T01:12:38+00:00monthlyhttps://whiningpast.com/2014/07/30/personal-essay-published-on-medium/2014-10-02T00:59:02+00:00monthlyhttps://whiningpast.com/2014/07/22/november-1918-published/2014-07-30T17:11:38+00:00monthlyhttps://whiningpast.com/contact/2014-07-24T23:58:16+00:00weekly0.6https://whiningpast.com/2014/03/27/september-1918-published/2014-07-22T02:17:09+00:00monthlyhttps://whiningpast.com/entries/november-1918/https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/nov-28.jpgNovember 28th, 1918https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/us23rdinfantry37mmguninactionfrance1918-arc531005.gifArgonneU.S. soldiers of 2nd Division engaged in the Argonne Forest.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/us_64th_regiment_celebrate_the_armistice.jpgU.S. 64th RegimentMen of U.S. 64th Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, celebrating the news of the Armistice.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/nytimes-page1-11-11-1918.jpgNew York Times: November 11, 1918.The front page of the New York Times: November 11, 1918.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/gassed.jpg"Gassed""Gassed" by John Singer Sargent.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/vickers_machine_gun_crew_with_gas_masks.jpgGerman machine gunGerman machine gun crew on the Somme, equipped with early gas masks.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/british_55th_division_gas_casualties_10_april_1918.jpgBlinded by tear gasBritish troops blinded by tear gas during the Battle of Estaires, 1918.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/uscamphospital45influenzaward.jpgSpanish FluFlu victims from the AEF at a U.S. Army Camp Hospital in Aix-les-Bains, France, 1918.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/nov-11.jpgNovember 1st, 1918https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/nov-1.jpgNovember 1st, 19182018-11-13T17:27:46+00:00weekly0.6https://whiningpast.com/entries/september-1918/https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/no-mans-land-flanders-field.jpgNo Man's Land ("Flanders Field"), Francehttps://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sept-26.jpgsept-26https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/meuse-argonne_offensive_-_map.jpgA map of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, 1918. https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/world_war_i_photographs_-_nara_-_285372.jpgAmerican engineers returning from the St. Mihiel front.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sept-15.jpgsept-15https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/poison_gas_attack.jpgOne of the most horrifying details of WWI was the rampant use of chemical weapons—particularly lethal gases like phosgene and sulfur mustard, the latter of which would ultimately cause Cap's injury on the final day of fighting. https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cheshire_regiment_trench_somme_1916.jpgA typical WWI trench (Somme, 1916).https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/french_75mm_aa_gun_salonika_front_wwi_loc_lc-usz62-48585.jpgA French 75mm anti-aircraft gun—not to be confused with the cocktail.2015-06-22T21:01:22+00:00weekly0.6https://whiningpast.com/2014/04/28/october-1918-now-published/2014-04-28T22:16:46+00:00monthlyhttps://whiningpast.com/entries/october-1918/https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/montfauconargonne081710.jpgRuined church, ArgonneA ruined church in the Argonne forest. The structure on the left is a German observation post.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/today-is-my-birthday.jpgToday is my birthdayhttps://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/oct-24.jpgOctober 24th, 1918https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/cut-to-pieces.jpgCut to pieceshttps://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mustard_gas_burns.jpgMustard gasA victim of the mustard gashttps://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dvcu9o9.jpgEinsteinA victim of the mustard gas.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wonderful-days.jpgWonderful Dayshttps://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/oct-12.jpgOctober 12th, 1918https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/a-funny-thing-happened.jpga-funny-thing-happenedhttps://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/argonne_forest_psf1.pngArgonne_Forest_(PSF)2014-04-30T13:34:16+00:00weekly0.6https://whiningpast.com/entries/june-1918-2/https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/submarine_u-14_loc_63581663951.jpgU-boatA typical WWI German U-boat (SM U-14)https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/chair-2.jpgA military portrait of Captain Raymond Earl Hill2021-02-12T01:07:06+00:00weekly0.6https://whiningpast.com/2014/03/19/august-1918-now-live/2014-03-19T00:25:20+00:00monthlyhttps://whiningpast.com/2014/03/06/july-1918-now-published/2014-03-19T00:24:52+00:00monthlyhttps://whiningpast.com/entries/august-1918/https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/lavoivre.jpgLaVoivreThe Church of the Assumption in La Voivre, France.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aug-20.jpgaug-20https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/ralphhepburn1922.jpgRalphHepburn1922A period motorcycle.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/general_john_joseph_pershing_head_on_shoulders.jpgGeneral John J. Pershinghttps://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aug-14.jpgaug-14https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aug-13.jpgaug-13https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/aug-8.jpgaug-8https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/young-cap-august.jpgyoung-cap august2014-03-20T19:25:02+00:00weekly0.6https://whiningpast.com/2014/03/03/welcome-to-whining-past/2014-03-06T02:07:37+00:00monthlyhttps://whiningpast.com/entries/2014-03-06T01:53:43+00:00weekly0.6https://whiningpast.com/2014/03/05/june-1918/https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/june-28.jpgjune-28https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/june-26.jpgjune-26https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/el_114_de_infanterc3ada_en_parc3ads_el_14_de_julio_de_1917_lec3b3n_gimpel.jpgFrench soldiers in Paris, 1917https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/june-19.jpgjune-19https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/uss_wainwright_dd-62.jpgUSS_Wainwright_(DD-62)A typical US Navy destroyer during WWI (USS Wainwright)https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/german_submarine_war_zone_announced_1_february_1917.jpegGerman_Submarine_War_Zone_Announced_1_February_1917https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/first_class_drawing_room_gesellschaftszimmer_of_the_kaiser_wilhelm_ii.jpgFirst_Class_Drawing_Room_(Gesellschaftszimmer)_of_the_Kaiser_Wilhelm_IIThe Agamemnon's First Class Drawing Room.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/june-11.jpgJune-11https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/kaiser_wilhelm_22.jpgThe SS Kaiser Wilhelm II (Agamemnon) — the transport ship that conveyed Capt. Hill and much of the 365th Infantry Division to France.https://whiningpast.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/kaiser_wilhelm_21.jpgKaiser_wilhelm_2The SS Kaiser Wilhelm II (Agamemnon) — the transport ship that conveyed Capt. Hill and much of the 365th Infantry Division to France.2014-03-06T01:47:37+00:00monthlyhttps://whiningpast.com/blog/2014-03-05T22:58:25+00:00weekly0.6https://whiningpast.comdaily1.02021-02-12T01:07:06+00:00