Digital War Archive

The most interesting thing I thing i discovered while searching through the archive, was an interview with Thomas McIndoe on the problem of rats while living in the trenches. The rats would carry away the soldiers' belongings within the trenches. They would take candles or sticks the soldiers used to hang up the coats that were sticking out of the walls or in the ground. The rats would also feed on the dead that lay on the ground and the iron rations given to the soldiers for food.

http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/1793?CISOBOX=1&REC=2

Great White Fleet Research!

     So far in my research, I have learned that the fleet was composed of more than two dozen ships with sixteen battleship's as it's center. Two of the battleships (the USS Nebraska and Alabama) were later replaced with USS Nebraska and Wisconsin due to breakdowns in the first two. The ships later split into smaller groups to make their impact greater
     Another fact i learned was that while on the voyage, the crew celebrated Christmas and decorated the ships with palm trees and streamers.

This is my only source so far but i am looking for many more!
http://web.ebscohost.com/src/detail?vid=4&hid=15&sid=efa09ea5-08a9-43c2-b529-39db4f7fa24b%40sessionmgr13&bdata=JnNpdGU9c3JjLWxpdmU%3d#db=khh&AN=27523189