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English
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The Utah National Guard in the Great War, 1917–18
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Utah and the Great War : The Beehive State and the World War I Experience
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Salt Lake City, UT
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University of Utah Press. Copublished with the Utah State Historical Society.
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25-49
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"Drawing from his impressive study of the Utah National Guard from its nineteenth-century beginnings as the Nauvoo Legion and the Territorial Militia until the beginning of the twenty-first century, Richard Roberts provides a valuable overview of the Utah National Guard during World War I. He reminds us that the guard was made up of volunteers who took great pride in their contributions to the war effort. Building on a tradition of service in the Spanish-American War, in the Philippine insurrection, and on the Mexican border, a sub-stantial recruiting campaign was launched in Utah to encourage its citizens to join the National Guard. Guardsmen served at home and abroad in Europe until the last were mustered out of active service in July 1919. State National Guards comprised one of three groups of soldiers who served during the war. The two other groups included the regular army, whose men were in active service before the declaration of war, and the National Army, comprised of volunteers and draftees who entered military service because of the war declaration. [Editor]