Source:Florida, United States. World War I Service Cards, 1917-1918

The Florida Memory Project

"Millions of American men and women served their nation in the Great War, including over forty-two thousand Floridians: thirty-five thousand eight hundred twenty-nine Floridians served in the U.S. Army, five thousand nine hundred sixty-three in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, and two hundred thirty-eight in the U.S. Marine Corps. Both the Navy and the Marine Corps were strictly segregated and did not accept black enlistees or officers. The Army took thirteen thousand twenty-four black enlistees and seven officers. Several thousand women served in the Navy, and several hundred in the Marine Corps, as reservist clerks for the duration (however, no record of women Marines from Florida has been found). Women served as Yeoman Class (secretaries) in the Navy and as nurses in both the Army and Navy, although gender is not usually noted on the cards."

The site has a database with search and browse features with digital copies of each service card which can be downloaded at no charge.

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