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00:00in 1914 years of escalating competition between European alliances culminate in the outbreak of
00:13the first world war the two sides engaged in the savage war of attrition defined by opposing
00:19trenches barbed wire poison gas and mass casualties the United States initially
00:25maintained its neutrality who was eventually drawn into the conflict in 1917 despite having less than
00:31130,000 soldiers at the beginning the army eventually grew to over 4 million with nearly
00:372 million soldiers serving in Europe in six months of fighting nearly 50,000 Americans lost
00:43their lives with another 190,000 wounded the guns fell silent with the armistice of November 11th
00:501919, 1918
00:52we continue on with more USA world war one rolling stock this 1918 Dodge touring car was part of the
01:19legendary 1919 transcontinental convoy 3,251 miles and 62 grueling days across the Lincoln Highway
01:29and remember no pavement no GPS and no power steering just great determination of the drive to push army
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