WWI Facts

- Veteran's Day was once called Armistice Day. 
The day WWI ended, peace was declared on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, 1918.

- During World War One, 230 soldiers died for each hour of the four and a quarter years it continued.

- The Spanish Influenza of 1918 killed 51 million people worldwide.

- The first women to serve in the military in an actual branch 
of service were World War One yeomanettes in the US Navy. They were formally designated yeomen(F) for female.

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