Isaac Rosenberg

Isaac was a famous poet during The Great War. He was enrolled in art school when he was asked to join the British Army. At first he hated the idea
of war. But after hearing that his mother would receive a severance check he felt better about the situation. His passion for writing poetry carried over into his days as a solider in the trenches. He wrote many poems inspired by the harsh conditions of war and the trench life. Isaac was killed in action on April 1st 1918.

research sources

http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/greatfleet.html#top
http://www.greatwhitefleet.info/GWF-The_Battleships.html

Great white fleet research

Set of December 16th 1907 and came back February 22nd 1909. Consisted of 14,000 sailor and made twenty port stops on six continents.