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Elmer Cavins (front row, fourth from left) and other ISNU faculty and students at the American Expeditionary Forces University in Beaune, France, circa spring 1919.

Illinois State Normal University professor’s World War I legacy now available online

The War to End All Wars ended at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918. Days later, 54-year-old Illinois State Normal University (ISNU) Professor Elmer Cavins applied to join the YMCA with the intent of serving the American Expeditionary Forces—the United States' armed forces in Europe—during the chaotic months of demobilization.