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I have a relative who was drafted into the Austro-Hungarian Army during WWI and fled to the US because the Austro-Hungarian Army wouldn't let him keep kosher. He ended up getting drafted by the US army. In WWI, did the US army make allowances for Jewish dietary concerns?

by /u/barristerbarrista in /r/AskHistorians

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