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Pages in category "American military personnel of World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 360 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Two American soldiers storm a bunker past the bodies of two German soldiers during World War I. Digitally restored. World War I Campaign Streamer. The United States campaigns in World War I began after American entry in the war in early April 1917.
Henry Johnson biographical cartoon by Charles Alston, 1943.. Henry Johnson enlisted in the United States Armed Forces on June 5, 1917 as a 5-foot-4-inch young man. This was almost two months after the American entry into World War I, joining the all-black New York National Guard 15th Infantry Regiment, which, when mustered into Federal service, was redesignated as the 369th Infantry Regiment ...
The U.S. made its major contributions in terms of supplies, raw material, and money, starting in 1917. American soldiers under General of the Armies John Pershing, Commander-in-Chief of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), arrived at the rate of 10,000 soldiers a day on the Western Front in the summer of 1918.
Alvin Cullum York (December 13, 1887 – September 2, 1964), also known by his rank as Sergeant York, was an American soldier who was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I. [1]
92nd Division (Colored) ("Buffalo Soldiers") 24 October 1917 26 September 1918 Maj. Gen. Charles C. Ballou Maj. Gen. Charles Martin Brig. Gen. James B. Erwin: Meuse–Argonne: 93rd Division (Colored) ("Blue Helmets") (only infantry organized) 23 November 1917 8 April 1918 Brig. Gen. Roy Hoffman: Third Aisne Second Marne
To American school children of the 1920s and 1930s, Cher Ami was as well known as any human World War I hero. Cher Ami's body was later mounted by taxidermist Nelson R. Wood at the National Museum of Natural History. When the Smithsonian requested information about Cher Ami, the Signal Corps reported they could not find any war record of Cher ...
The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces. The recipient must have distinguished themselves at the risk of their own life above and beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy of the United States.