World War I
During World War I, Bonsal served in the American Expeditionary Forces with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was also President Woodrow Wilson's private translator during the 1919 Peace Conference in Paris.
Unfinished Business, a diary describing his experiences during the Paris Peace Treaty negotiations, earned him the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1945.
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