First Division sails to France on Flag Day 1917
June 14 1917 marked the departure of the American Expeditionary Forces first combat troops from Hoboken to join France. Pershing Harbord Hines Williams Ireland Bethel Feland Rockenbach Hitt Young Repp Briggs Alexander joined the voyage aboard the Baltic, while Paris and St Nazaire watched the arrival of the vanguard amid cautious optimism and mixed reactions from French observers.
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Atlantic
American Expeditionary Forces
John J. Pershing
James G. Harbord
John L. Hines
Army
Clarence C. Williams
Merritte W. Ireland
Hugh H. Young
William F
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France
Aisne
Les Americains
Uncle Sam
St. Nazaire
Wilbur Forrest
New York Herald Tribune
America
Company K
Twenty - Eighth Infantry
Paris
United States
Sixteenth Infantry
Mr. Forrest
England
Cantigny
Marshal Foch
Chateau Thierry - Rheims - Soissons
Villa Cotterets
Rheims
Household tips on knitting, cooking and storage
Practical notes on shaping knitting needles with hot water to avoid breaks. Recipes combine rhubarb with figs and a light syrup, plus baking tips for eggs in potatoes. Guidance includes storing wrapped foods, keeping cauliflower white, odor control with charcoal, tablecloth mending by crochet, cautious seasoning, and a milk sugar glaze for cookies. WNU Service.
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