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Pershing Stresses Independent American Army in 1918
General Pershing recounts meetings with Canadian and British leaders in 1918, detailing training plans, command independence, and troop shipments. He rejects allocating American units solely to British or French armies, defending a unified American army under American command while negotiating with Allies on May and June troop shipments and frontline use.
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