The White House issued a presidential message for Victory Day for World War I, honoring American service members who were killed or wounded in the conflict.
The message says an armistice was reached on November 11, 1918, after more than four years of war. For nearly three years, the United States sought peace and stayed out of the fighting in Europe, but American ships were sunk and citizens were killed on the high seas.
When the war reached its decisive stage, two million American soldiers crossed the Atlantic. They helped break the trench stalemate from Belleau Wood to the Meuse-Argonne, according to the message.
