< 1917 >
Uncle Sam manifests with the US declaration of War against Germany after the sinking of the Lusitania. Sam's visage is widely used as a recruitment tool as he travels overseas. Unlike the War of 1812, fighting on foreign soil purely in defense of the lives of Americans and their allies with the support of the American people allows him to retain his full power, decisively contributing to the Battle of Château-Thierry & the Battle of Saint-Mihiel.
44-year-old Lee Walter Travis & 43-year-old Wing Hu travel to Europe to fight in WWI.
20-year-old Wesley Dodds goes to fight in WWI
18-year-old Alan Scott enlists in the Army during WW1.
Augustus Freeman Jr gives up a successful legal practice to fight in WWI.
22-year-old Carter Hall completes his studies while fighting in the war.
8-year-old Frank Rock's father fights in WWI & dies in France.
14-year-old Olaf Bjornson's brother dies during WWI
18-year-old Edward Clariss fights in WWI
17-year-old Arnold Munro departs Attabar Teru for the first time. He arrives in Metropolis where he enrolls in Metropolis University, earning a full football scholarship as a walk-on. He earns the nickname Iron Munro.
33-year old Amos Fortune, completely destitute, leaves Chicago to fight on the western front. He steals a handful of gold coins from a home in France, and finds that as long as he carries them, his luck heeps him alive.
20-year-old Sloane begins training as a scientist, studying strange energies.
9-year-old Steve Trevor's father becomes a pilot with the Lafayette Escadrille in Frace during WWI, regularly engaging the German Luftstreitkrafte.
Zinda Blake is born in England.
Jackie Johnson is born in Texas.