Did we send aid......

NoncomRetired · 08-14-2013, 10:46 PM

to England and France too for war orphans in 1915? If the US did not, we sure shot ourselves in the foot. I doubt if the Hun took any aid sent from the US into consideration a bit later on the battlefield.

http://www.emedals.com/collectors-ga...w1478?vmcchk=1

Douglas Jr. · 08-15-2013, 05:40 PM

I guess this might be not an "official" (i.e. governmental) initiative, but rather a fund raising promoted by German immigrants (or their descendents) already living in US.

NoncomRetired · 08-15-2013, 06:34 PM

You're probably correct. We were trying to stay out of the war at that time, or so our government was declaring at that time. The Lusitania was sunk during May 1915 and I doubt if our government would be paying homage to german widows and orphans for their loss on the battlefield.

08-14-2013, 10:46 PM	#1
NoncomRetired Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 719 Thanks: 144 Thanked 306 Times in 146 Posts	Did we send aid...... to England and France too for war orphans in 1915? If the US did not, we sure shot ourselves in the foot. I doubt if the Hun took any aid sent from the US into consideration a bit later on the battlefield. http://www.emedals.com/collectors-ga...w1478?vmcchk=1

08-15-2013, 05:40 PM	#2
Douglas Jr. User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: South America Posts: 948 Thanks: 598 Thanked 584 Times in 254 Posts	I guess this might be not an "official" (i.e. governmental) initiative, but rather a fund raising promoted by German immigrants (or their descendents) already living in US.

08-15-2013, 06:34 PM	#3
NoncomRetired Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 719 Thanks: 144 Thanked 306 Times in 146 Posts	You're probably correct. We were trying to stay out of the war at that time, or so our government was declaring at that time. The Lusitania was sunk during May 1915 and I doubt if our government would be paying homage to german widows and orphans for their loss on the battlefield.