FreightWaves Classics: Yachts and motorboats helped defend the United States in World War I

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World War I began in August 1914. The United States remained neutral in the war until Congress declared war against Germany on April 6, 1917.

On May 18, 1917, the U.S. Congress passed the Selective Service Act, which authorized the federal government to temporarily expand the...

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