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General Pershing's A E F Diary Reports World War I Struggles
General Pershing describes late 1917 conditions in France and on the Western Front. He notes Allied morale, Russian uncertainty, and the pope's peace proposal impact. He details US artillery and signal corps training sites, hospital planning, coal shortages, and logistics. He records jurisdiction over American troops in France and visits by Joffre and officers to battlefields and training fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Germany
Austria
Bulgaria
Turkey
le Valdahon
France
Costquidan
Meucon
St. Nazaire
Souge
la Corneau
Bordeaux
Montmorillon
Ress
Russell
Washington
Baltic
Paris
England
Signal Corps
Bradley
Ireland
Italy
Admiral Mayo
Brest
Shipping Board
Chaumont
War Department
Col
W. A. Bethel
New York Harbor
Quartermaster Corps
de Castleway
Ambassador Sharp
Joseph Reinach
F. H. Burr
Twenty-eifth
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Gondirecourt
General Harbord
Ragneneau
Medill McCormick
Bullard
Benjamin Alvord
Harry L. Rogers
W. A. Bethe