The A.E.F.

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Author: Broun Heywood

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2016-06-23

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9781318027378

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The A. E. F.

The A. E. F. PDF

Author: Heywood Campbell Broun

Publisher:

Published: 2019-09-24

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9781695353152

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Originally published in 1918. Personal narrative. World War I. Illustrated.

Pershing's Lieutenants

Pershing's Lieutenants PDF

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2020-11-26

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1472838645

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World War I had a profound impact on the United States of America, which was forced to 'grow' an army almost overnight. The day the United States declared war on Germany, the US Army was only the 17th largest in the world, ranking behind Portugal – the Regular Army had only 128,00 troops, backed up by the National Guard with some 182,000 troops. By the end of the war it had grown to 3,700,000, with slightly more than half that number in Europe. Until the United States did so, no country in all history had tried to deploy a 2-million-man force 3,000 miles from its own borders, a force led by American Expeditionary Forces Commander-in-Chief General John J. Pershing. This was America's first truly modern war and rising from its ranks was a new generation of leaders who would control the fate of the United States armed forces during the interwar period and into World War II. This book reveals the history of the key leaders working for and with John J. Pershing during this tumultuous period, including George S. Patton (tank commander and future commander of the US Third Army during World War II); Douglas MacArthur (42nd Division commander and future General of the Army) and Harry S. Truman (artillery battery commander and future President of the United States). Edited by Major General David T. Zabecki (US Army, Retired) and Colonel Douglas V. Mastriano (US Army, Retired), this fascinating title comprises chapters on individual leaders from subject experts across the US, including faculty members of the US Army War College.

Pershing and His Generals

Pershing and His Generals PDF

Author: James J. Cooke

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1997-11-25

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 0313370389

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When the United States entered the Great War in April of 1917, there were few officers with any staff training, and none had actually served on large, complex staffs in combat. This work traces the development of the staff of the AEF and describes how Pershing found the generals to command those divisions that fought on the Western Front in World War I. Many of Pershing's generals had been colonels only a few months prior to assuming command of divisions. John J. Pershing's task was to mold a diverse group of men into effective staff officers and into general officers to face the rigors of modern combat. How he accomplished this task, and how well the AEF did, is the focus of this work on the AEF's command and staff structure.

AEF W/GENERAL PERSHING & THE A

AEF W/GENERAL PERSHING & THE A PDF

Author: Heywood 1888-1939 Broun

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2016-08-24

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781360134239

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The A E F

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Author: Heywood Broun

Publisher:

Published: 2009-05

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9781104476199

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The A. E. F.: With General Pershing and the American Forces

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Author: Heywood Broun

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2019-12-10

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13:

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The A.E.F. by Heywood Broun is about the formation of the United States Armed Forces on the Western Front during World War I. The A. E. F. was established on July 5, 1917, in France under the command of then-Major General John J. Pershing. Excerpt: "VOILÀ UN SOUSMARIN," said a sailor, as he stuck his head through the doorway of the smoking room. The man with aces and eights dropped, but the player across the table had three sevens, and he waited for a translation. It came from the little gun on the afterdeck. The gun said "Bang!" and in a few seconds it repeated "Bang!" I heard the second shot from my stateroom, but before I had adjusted my lifebelt the gun fired at the submarine once more. A cheer followed this shot. No Yale eleven, or even Harvard for that matter, ever heard such a cheer. It was as if the shout for the first touchdown and for the last one and for all the field goals and long gains had been thrown into one. There was something in the cheer, too, of a long-drawn "ho-old 'em."

John J. Pershing and the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, 1917-1919

John J. Pershing and the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, 1917-1919 PDF

Author: John T. Greenwood

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

Published: 2021-09-07

Total Pages: 656

ISBN-13: 0813181356

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General of the Armies John J. Pershing (1860–1948) had a long and distinguished military career, but he is most famous for leading the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. He published a memoir, My Experiences in the World War, and has been the subject of numerous biographies, but the literature regarding this towering figure and his enormous role in the First World War deserves to be expanded to include a collection of his wartime correspondence. Meticulously edited by John T. Greenwood, volume 1 of John J. Pershing and the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, 1917–1919 covers the period of April 7 through September 30, 1917. The letters speak to such topics as Pershing's appointment to command the US expeditionary force, his initial preparations, and early meetings with Allied civilian and military leaders, including Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and General Henri Philippe Pétain. Drawing heavily on Pershing's extensive personal papers, this collection includes his letters and cablegrams exchanged with Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and Chiefs of Staff Hugh L. Scott and Tasker H. Bliss. Extracts from the large volume of rarely referenced cablegrams represent an important contribution to Pershing's wartime story. Two appendices provide the reader with details of Pershing's relations with the Allied governments and armies (as he reported them in an unpublished part of his Final Report of Gen. John J. Pershing in 1920) and his personal appraisal of Marshal Ferdinand Foch as he knew him during the war. These volumes of wartime correspondence provide new insight into the work of a legendary soldier and the historic events in which he participated, and offer a valuable resource for any serious Pershing or World War I scholar.