Military
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World War I officially ceased with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919 in the Palace of Versailles in France. Fighting had ceased seven months earlier when an armistice between the Allied Nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month or November 11, 1918 and was regarded as the end of "the war to end all wars."
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A young Confederate soldier from Tennessee tells his story of fighting in the Civil War and being taken prisoner. When released from prison, he began the walk back to Tennessee from Illinois.
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Texas was considered a Confederate State during the Civil War, but not many soldiers were actually from Texas. After the war, many returned to their homes in the south to find there was not much left. They chose to start a new life away from the war torn South. At least three graves in the Dumas Cemetery are for soldiers that fought for the Confederacy - Dr. Samuel W. Anthony, William J. McAdams, and Joseph Layette McDade.
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Crew of the Jeeter Bug stationed in Guam during World War II had an emergency landing in the middle of Iwo Jima. They had to find a way to repair their plane and return to Guam. It took 87 hours and became one of the longest lasting missions of WWII.
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Three young men from Moore County attended Amarillo Military Academy in 1913.
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