White House Issues Presidential Message on Victory Day for World War I: the 1918 Armistice, Two Million Doughboys and More Than 320,000 U.S. Casualties

WASHINGTON — The White House on November 11, 2026, issued a Presidential Message on Victory Day for World War I, marking the armistice of November 11, 1918, that silenced the guns of the First World War, and honoring the American service members who fought in it.

The message recalls that for nearly three years, as the conflict engulfed Europe and America's allies fought for their survival, the United States sought peace and remained apart. After American ships were sunk, citizens were slain on the high seas and adversaries schemed to bring the war to America's doorstep, the message says, America answered at the decisive hour: two million doughboys crossed the Atlantic and shattered the stalemate of the trenches from Belleau Wood to the Meuse-Argonne.

More than 320,000 American Soldiers, Sailors and Marines suffered casualties in the Great War, the message states, giving everything they had for love of country and the righteous cause of freedom and changing the course of the world. It adds that in the generations since, Americans in uniform have waged similarly just wars on foreign soil, and that liberty was purchased at great cost by the blood and treasure of America's sons and daughters.

The message closes by saying the Administration has restored the pride, exceptionalism and winning spirit of the U.S. fighting force, and that on Victory Day for World War I the Nation salutes the supreme devotion and immeasurable patriotism of the heroes who gave their all to secure the cause of peace.

(Source: The White House)

Source: The White House

Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)

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