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America in Britain and France 1917 Reception and Plans
The chapter covers June 8 to June 28 1917 with America's reception in Liverpool and London including a guard of honor from the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. It notes King George and Ambassador Page relations, Admiral Sims concerns, a Paris reception with mass cheers, Napoleon’s tomb visit, Petain and Painleve discussions, and the push to organize American forces for Lorraine and St Mihiel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Bunker Hill
China
England
London
Huston Station
Lord Derby
John French
Lord Brooke
Walter Hines Page
Wiliams S. Sims
King George
Buckingham
America
Page
Admiral Sims
Navy Department
Sims
Buckinghan, Palace
Secret Service
Kaiser
Buckingham Palace
Queen Victoria
William Robertson
Imperial General Staff
David Lloyd George
France
Folkestone
Boulogne
Paris
M. Paul Painleve
Joseph Joffre
Rene Vivian
Foch
Strait
United States
William G
Wilson
Napoleon
Les Invalides
Petain
Compiegne
Franchet d'Esperey
St. Quentin
Turelage
M. Painleve
U. S
War College
Bordeaux
St. Nazaire
Lorraine
Petrin
St. Mihiel
Red Cross
Maj
Grayson M. P. Murphy
James A. Perkins
Army
Murphy
French War Office
Paul Painteve
Marshal Joffre
Hassan