1.0Harvard Gazettehttps://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazetteharvardgazettehttps://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/author/harvardgazette/‘The choicest of their kind’ — Harvard Gazetterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="TMTjC52zG2"><a href="https://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/07/the-choicest-of-their-kind/">‘The choicest of their kind’</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://dev.news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/07/the-choicest-of-their-kind/embed/#?secret=TMTjC52zG2" width="600" height="338" title="“‘The choicest of their kind’” — Harvard Gazette" data-secret="TMTjC52zG2" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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https://dev.news.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/alanseegerinuniform_6146680_605_1.jpg605403A look back at Harvard’s role in World War I, from the men and women who entered as volunteers after the first shot was fired to the thousands of graduates and students who joined the fighting in the American phase of the conflict.