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United States. -- Army. -- American Expeditionary Forces

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast (Faceted Application Of Subject Terminology)

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr. World War I Diary [digital]

 Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/3306

N. Hardin Massie World War I scrapbook [digital]

 Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/4194

Paul Welles, military career subject file, 1917 - 1922

 File
Scope and Contents Subject file (3 folders) documenting Welles' service as an officer in the U. S. Army Signal Corps. He commissioned June 1917 and arrived in France in September 1917. The material consists of memoranda, military orders, miscellaneous correspondence, and other documents related to his military service.

Randolph T. Pendleton papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0531
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous photographs and documents relating to Gen. Pendleton's military service in World War I and World War II.The World War I items include a German propanda flyer dropped from airplances over France shortly before the Armistice, "The German People Offer Peace", 1918; circular letter from King George V thanking U.S. soldiers - "...the people of the British Isles welcome you on your way to take your stand beside the Armies of many Nations...." (April 1918); GO 28-A, February...

Rice M. Youell collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0417
Scope and Contents A collection (10 items) of certificates and other items, primarily from the military career of Rice McNutt Youell, Class of 1914. Included are the citations for the Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Service Cross, dating from his service in France during World War I.

Includes published history, "Twenty-Sixth Infantry in France, American Expeditionary Forces" (July 1919).

Samuel D. Rockenbach Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0001
Overview Papers (1889-1945) of United States Army officer Samuel Dickerson Rockenbach, notable for his role in the establishment of the U.S. Army Tank Corps during World War I and his postwar work in the development of tank warfare.

Soldiers' miscellaneous documents, World War I, 1918 - 1922

 File
Scope and Contents The Oliver E. Harris material consists of printed material in postcard format, featuring the achievements of the 1st Division Allied Expeditionary Forces.

The Richard J. Howard material consists of documents from the British government, sent to Howard's mother, relating to his war service. One details the receipt of medals; the other is a document from King George V recognizing his service.

T. Randolph Perkinson, Jr. papers, selected documents [Digital]

 Digital Collection
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.vmi.edu/digital/collection/p15821coll11/id/1305

T. Randolph Perkinson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0473
Scope and Contents The bulk of the papers consists of miscellaneous items dating from Perkinson's the World War I service with HQ, 30th Division, as an aide-de-camp to General S. L. Faison. Documents include letters of recommendation, a special order, a battlefield map, and a leave of absence 30th Division and 119th Infantry histories. Also included are documents and photos dating from his cadetship and later life.

William M. Whittle Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0098
Scope and Contents The collection consists of the military papers of Captain William M. Whittle, VMI Class of 1917. Whittle served in World War I with the 314th Machine Gun Battalion and was sent to France in May 1918. Included are a notebook containing war service chronology, notes concerning machine gun procedures, and names of officers in his unit; military orders; misc. other documents and printed material; and one photo of Whittle in his Army uniform, circa 1918.