The Missouri Home Guard: Protecting the Home Front During the Great War

by Petra DeWitt

Missouri was one of many states that established a defense organization to take over the duties of the National Guard that had been federalized for military service when the United States declared war on Germany in 1917. The tasks of this volunteer Home Guard included traditional National Guard responsibilities such as providing introductory military training for draftable men, protecting crucial infrastructure from potential enemy activities, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826222668
• ISBN13: 9780826222664
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"