AdvertisementWWI Poetry: On Veterans Day, The Words Of WarNovember 12, 2012facebookEmailFour U.S. soldiers, runners for the 315th Infantry, pose in France in November 1918. The troops reportedly carried official orders to Lt. Col. Bunt near Etraye, France, shortly before noon, Nov. 11, 1918, announcing that the armistice had been signed, thereby ending World War I. (AP)