The United States financed the war by selling $16,978,356,250 worth of Liberty Bonds during the war. The "Victory Loan" was an issue of $4,500,000,000, sold after the Armistice was signed. The unused ammunition is now being blown up by the Reclamation and Demolition Department, 1st Army. Jan. 13, 1919. |
German ammunition dump being exploded by Ordnance Department, 1st Army. 3,000 shells, 1,500 grenades (potato-masher type) and some dynamite exploded in nine explosions. Lissey, January 20, 1919. |