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Pershing Opposes Broad May war troop plan
General Pershing refuses to limit May shipments to infantry and machine guns only and insists on combining artillery personnel with infantry as France seeks to form an American army. He warns delaying full troop mix could delay American strength in Europe. The discussion unfolds with Foch and allied leaders amid Allied planning at Versailles and Abbeville.
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Washington
Chaumont
United States
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Lord Reading
Supreme War Council
Lora Reading
Wilson
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Foch
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Seicheprey
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Harbord
Eral
Pershing
Amiens
Versailles
America
Surreme War Council
Baker
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Marshal Haig
Loire
Abbeville
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Lord Milner
General Pershing
Milner
M. Clemenceau
Supreme ‘War Council
England
Gord Milner
Antipe
Liloyd George
M Clemenceau
General Petain