The CWS credential displays to patients, employers and peers a dedication to the highest standards and achievement in wound care. Achieve board certification, a formal recognition of a master level knowledge and specialty practice in wound management.
U.S. enters World War I. On April 6, 1917, two days after the U.S. Senate votes 82 to 6 to declare war against Germany, the U.S. House of Representatives endorses the decision by a vote of 373 to 50, and the United States formally enters the First World War.
Americans entered the war in 1917 by declaring war on Germany. This was due to the attack on Lusitania, the unrestricted submarine warfare on American ships heading to Britain, and Germany encouraging Mexico to attack the USA. Lusitania. A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915.