By Jack P. As November 11th, 2018 draws closer it marks the 100th anniversary of a very significant event in human history; The end of the first world war. Over 60 million soldiers, many as young as 18 participated in what was later called “The War To End All Wars.” Of those more than 60 million, more than 8.5 million never returned. It went down as one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history. From the ashes, new nations and empire would rise. But some great empires like the Ottoman Empire would not survive the war. It’s hard to imagine that a small town of less than 20,000 would greatly help contribute to the United States war efforts. But one little town did, and its name is Marblehead, Massachusetts. Of the 4,355,000 soldiers mobilized by the United States in World War 1. A surprising 1,346 of those brave men and women were from Marblehead alone. Over 189,000 Massachusetts residents also served in the war. Of the total 5,775 bay state residents killed in action, 6 of them we