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Pershing’s A E F Chronicles of 1917 Campaign
General Pershing records the A E F’s early 1917 handling in France. He details civil jurisdiction retained by U S forces, logistical failures at New York harbor, port congestion, and the need for trained troops. He notes Franco-American liaison, officer visits to battlefields, and training shifts toward trench warfare.
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Washington
Chaumont
France
Wraahington
War Department
W. A. Bethel
New York Harbor
Quartermaster Corps
Chiumont
Ambassador Sharp
Joseph Reinnch
Firat
Tita
Ay Burr
Twenty-eighth Regiment
Theodore Roosevelt
Twenty-sixth
Paris
Gondriecourt
Feld
James G. Harbord
Benjamin Alvord
Barry L. Rogers
Edgar Russell
Signal Corps
G. C. Williams
Ordnance
A. E. Bradley
Joseph Joffre
Wrst
Vench
Oficlala
Drann
Garate
Ainehalfe
Neufchateau
First Corps
St. Min
Verdun
Parig
Berlin
New York Times
Yatk
Calla
Planders
Germany
Unite States Army
Plyst
Luneville
Quartermaster General
Petaine
Nivelle
Viajor
d’Esperey
Sixth Army
Aisne