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November 11th is Veterans Day.

The national holiday was formerly¹ known as Armistice² Day, and this year marks the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended the very bloody³ stalemate of World War I.

But for one group of American soldiers, known as the Michigan Polar Bears, the fighting did not cease.

Mike Grobbel is the grandson of Corporal Clement⁴ Grobbel, one of the Polar Bears soldiers. He's also the President of the Polar Bear Memorial Association. Eric Perkins is the Michigan History Center's military history expert. They joined Stateside to talk about how the regiment⁵ wound up fighting the Bolsheviks during the bloody chaos⁶ of the Russian Revolution, months after the end of WWI.

Most of the members of the Polar Bears were Michiganders, and Grobbel says these men endured harsh conditions in Northern Russia, near the White Sea port of Arkhangelsk.

"Temperatures got to 50 below zero. Men on sentry⁷ at night would be startled. They thought they'd hear a gunshot, but it was actually tree limbs freezing and breaking off," he said.

Listen above to hear Perkins explain why President Wilson sent American troops to Russia, and why that plan did not work out as he had hoped.

This segment is produced in partnership⁸ with the Michigan History Center.

1 formerly   

adv.从前，以前

参考例句：

• We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
• This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。

2 armistice   

n.休战，停战协定

参考例句：

• The two nations signed an armistice.两国签署了停火协议。
• The Italian armistice is nothing but a clumsy trap.意大利的停战不过是一个笨拙的陷阱。

3 bloody   

adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染

参考例句：

• He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
• He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。

4 clement   

adj.仁慈的；温和的

参考例句：

• A clement judge reduced his sentence.一位仁慈的法官为他减了刑。
• The planet's history contains many less stable and clement eras than the holocene.地球的历史包含着许多不如全新世稳定与温和的地质时期。

5 regiment   

n.团，多数，管理；v.组织，编成团，统制

参考例句：

• As he hated army life,he decide to desert his regiment.因为他嫌恶军队生活，所以他决心背弃自己所在的那个团。
• They reformed a division into a regiment.他们将一个师整编成为一个团。

6 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

7 sentry   

n.哨兵，警卫

参考例句：

• They often stood sentry on snowy nights.他们常常在雪夜放哨。
• The sentry challenged anyone approaching the tent.哨兵查问任一接近帐篷的人。

8 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。