Pittsburgh in World War I: Arsenal of the Allies WWI Cemetery by John Dos Passos

by John Dos Passos

A year into the Great War

But even here the desire was for independence within the empire - a 'West Indian Dominion' as with 'elder sisters' of empire

Nearly seventy years ago

and turn September 11

Pittsburgh in World War I: Arsenal of the Allies WWI Cemetery by John Dos PassosDescription by Elizabeth Williams Paperback When the whole of Europe went to war in 1914, Pittsburgh watched the storm clouds gather at home. Yet Pittsburgh was a city of immigrants the large Polish community urged leaders to join the side of the Allies, while German immigrants supported the Central powers. By the time the country entered World War I in 1917, Pittsburghers threw their support into the war effort united as Americans. With over 250