One Minute Before Eleven (Nov. 11, 1918)

The Daily Muster · Nov 11, 2026 · 9m

He was killed one minute before the guns of World War One fell silent.

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CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

1:08 Signed Before Dawn

2:25 A Clerk from Highlandtown

3:48 The Letter

4:46 Something to Prove

6:00 Hold Where You Are

6:59 The Eleventh Hour

SOURCES

- History of the Seventy-ninth Division, A.E.F., during the World War: 1917-1919 (1922; Internet Archive): https://archive.org/details/historyofseventy0079th

- National Archives News: Last American Death of WWI: https://www.archives.gov/news/articles/last-american-death-wwi

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