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Pershing Recalls A E F Training and Intl Talks
General Pershing recounts home front training delays in 1917 18 and the push to build a large American force. He describes meetings with Haig Albert and Belgian royalty, the debates over amalgamating U S units with French and British divisions, and Washington and Clemenceau cables shaping policy as 1918 began.
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France
General Staff School
Langres
Chaumont
McAndrew
Washington
Didry
Marshel Haig
Wagstaff
Sir Douglas
King and Queen of Belgium
Adenkirke
Douglas Haig
His Majesty
Pershing
Boyd
Albert
G. H.Q
Swere
U. S
King
America
Baker
Varius
M. Clemenceau
Secretary of War
Clemenceau
Petain
M.clemenceau
Cabling
United States