美国老兵日的由来(2/3)

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概述：每年的11月11日是美国的老兵日。这是一个法定的全国假期。本篇介绍了老兵日的由来。
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翻译&注解： 围巾围脖围XX
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本期材料发音模仿地址：http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/11885/item/846131/The United States entered the fighting in Europe in 1917, but the United States armed forces were small. So the government began to draft men between the ages of 21 and 31.
The men came from cities and farms. Some were rich, others were poor. There were doctors, lawyers, businessmen, professional athletes and college students.Many were married.
The following year, the government expanded the draft. Now it called on men between the ages of 18 and 45. More than 13 million reported for duty.
Many women joined the armed forces, too. Most got office jobs at military bases in the United States. Some, however, went to France to work as nurses in battlefield hospitals.
World War I ended when Germany surrendered at 11 o'clock in the morning on November 11th, 1918, in other words, at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.1917年美国卷入欧洲战场。但由于其武装部队规模尚小，政府开始征召年龄在21到31岁之间的男性入伍。
应征人员来自城市和农村，有富人也有穷人。他们之中不乏医生、律师、商人、专业运动员和大学生，并且很多人都已经成家。
接下来的一年，政府将招募范围扩大到了18至45岁之间的男性。超过1300万人应征入伍。
很多女性也加入了部队，她们中大多数在美国的军事基地从事文职工作。但也有一部分前往法国的战地医院担任护士。
1918年11月11日早11点，也就是在11月第11天的第11个小时，德国人投降。第一次世界大战结束。