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The American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) [a] was a formation of the United States Armed Forces on the Western Front during World War I, composed mostly of units from the U.S. Army. The AEF was established on July 5, 1917, in Chaumont, France under the command of then-Major General John J. Pershing.
Polar Bear Memorial at White Chapel Cemetery in Troy, Michigan. The American Expeditionary Force, North Russia (AEF in North Russia) (also known as the Polar Bear Expedition) was a contingent of about 5,000 United States Army troops [1] that landed in Arkhangelsk, Russia as part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.
The American Expeditionary Forces marching in France. V Corps was organized over the period 7–12 July 1918 in France as a Regular Army formation within the American Expeditionary Forces. By the end of World War I, the corps had fought in three named campaigns: the Battle of Saint-Mihiel, the Meuse–Argonne Offensive, and the Lorraine Campaign.
American soldiers from the 31st Infantry marching near Vladivostok Russia April 27, 1919. The American Expeditionary Force, Siberia (AEF in Siberia) was a formation of the United States Army involved in the Russian Civil War in Vladivostok, Russia, after the October Revolution, from 1918 to 1920.
The Services of Supply (SOS) of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) was established under the designation "Line of Communications," on July 5, 1917. [ 1 ] : 11–13 The Line of Communications was judged by senior officers, including Colonel Johnson Hagood , who was in charge of the advance section, to be incompetent. [ 2 ]
In July 1918, against the advice of the US War Department, Wilson agreed to a limited participation in the campaign by a contingent of U.S. Army soldiers of the 339th Infantry Regiment, that was hastily organized into the American North Russia Expeditionary Force, which came to be nicknamed the Polar Bear Expedition.
301st Tank Battalion going into action with Mark Vs at Saint-Souplet, France in October 1918 (Selle battle) The 326th (under the command of Sereno E. Brett) and 327th Tank Battalions (later renamed the 344th and 345th [7] and organized into the 304th Tank Brigade, commanded by Patton), were the first into combat, beginning with the Battle of Saint-Mihiel as part of the US IV Corps on 12 ...
The Third Army Air Service officially was demobilized on 2 July 1919, [15] and the American Forces Germany (AFG) took over the occupation duties in the Rhineland. [17] In July 1920, it was decided to add an Air Service organization to the forces of the AFG, and on 23 July a detachment of officers and men were deployed to Germany, under the ...