World War I

World War I (1914-1918) - World War I began 28 Jun 1914 with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.

U.S. entered the war on 6 April 1917 when it was discovered that Germany was attempting to get Mexico to join the war on the German side in return for the support in reclaiming the States of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Mexico did not enter the war. The U.S. drafted 4 million men and by 1918 was sending 10,000 men a day to the front in France.

World War I Training & Embarkation Camps

National Army Training Camps (16)	National Guard Training Camps (16)	Regular Army Posts (10)	Embarkation Camps (12)
Camp Lewis (1) WA Camp Funston (1) KS Camp Travis TX Camp Dodge (2) IA Camp Pike AR Camp Grant (5) IL Camp Gordon (3) GA Camp Jackson SC Camp Custer (2) MI Camp Zachary Taylor KY Camp Lee VA Camp Meade MD Camp Dix NJ Camp Devens MA Camp Upton NY Camp Sherman (2) OH	Camp Fremont CA Camp Kearny CA Camp Cody NM Camp MacArthur (1) TX Camp Bowie (2) TX Camp Logan (2) TX Camp Doniphan OK Camp Beauregard (1) LA Camp Shelby MS Camp Sheridan (4) AL Camp McClellan (1) AL Camp Wheeler (2) GA Camp Hancock (2) GA Camp Sevier (1) SC Camp Wadsworth (1) SC Camp Greene NC	Fort Benjamin Harrison IN Fort Douglas (1) UT Leon Springs MR TX Fort Oglethorpe GA Presidio of San Francisco CA Fort Riley (2) KS Fort Sam Houston TX Fort Snelling MN Camp Robinson WI Vancouver Barracks WA	Hoboken Port of Embarkation Camp Merritt (2) NJ Camp Mills NY Camp Upton NY Camp Dix NJ Camp Meade MD Camp Devens MA Camp Crane (1) PA Newport News Port of Embarkation Camp Stuart (4) VA Camp Alexander (1) VA Camp Hill (1) VA Camp Morrison VA Camp Lee (1) VA

The war ended when Germany and the western allies signed a cease fire on 11 November 1918 and later signed the Treaty of Versailles on 28 Jun 1919 to formally end the war.