This week's focus is on World War I Connections. Per wikitree.com I am:

19 degrees from Alvin York
24 degrees from Urbane Bass
30 degrees from Vera Brittain
25 degrees from Edith Cavell
20 degrees from Carrie Hall
21 degrees from John McCrae
22 degrees from Harry Murray
18 degrees from John Pershing
21 degrees from Erich Maria Remarque
23 degrees from Henry Shepherd
25 degrees from Manfred von Richthofen
26 degrees from Greetje Zelle

More about them:

Sgt. Alvin York, one of America's most decorated soldiers.

Dr. Urbane Bass, physician who volunteered to serve as a medic and was killed on the
battlefield in France while treating wounded soldiers under heavy fire. He was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in
combat.

Vera "Lady Catlin" Brittain, best known as the author of the best-selling book Testament
of Youth, which recounted her traumatic experiences of the First World War.

Edith Cavell, British nurse celebrated for saving the lives of over 200 Allied soldiers in
German-occupied Brussels. She was arrested, tried and executed by a German firing
squad.

Carrie May Hall, Chief Nurse of the WWI Expeditionary Forces and pioneer of American
nursing.

Dr. John McCrae, noted Canadian pathologist and army physician during World War I, as
well as a poet who authored "In Flanders Fields"   one of the most famous poems of
the First World War.

Lt. Col. Harry "Mad Harry" Murray, Australian grazier, soldier, and a recipient of the
Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be
awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. He is often described as the most highly decorated infantry soldier of the British Empire during the
First World War.

Gen. John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the
Western Front during World War I, from 1917 to 1918.

Erich Paul Remarque, author of All Quiet on the Western Front, inspired by his service.

Henry Shepherd, decorated soldier and one of the few Black soldiers to serve in the
Canadian military in non-segregated units during World War I. He was made a Member
of the Order of the British Empire.

Manfred "the Red Baron" von Richthofen, fighter pilot with the German Air Force during
World War I. One of the most famous aviators in history.

Margaretha "Mata Hari" Zelle, Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan, and accused spy who was
executed October 15, 1917, by firing squad in France under charges of espionage for
Germany during World War I.

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I have some ancestors that were actors, architects, astronauts, Afro-American, authors, bank robbers, boxers, comedians, detectives, ghosts, Indian chiefs, pro
hockey players, singers and musicians, painters, physicians, politicians, poets,
popes, writers, WW I heroes. I guess that I am a collection of all of them, as we ALL are.

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