The American Expeditionary Forces Tank Corps in World War I: From Creation to Combat

1988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale E. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
World War ◽  
American Expeditionary Forces

“Complete Continence Is Wholly Possible”

2019 ◽  
pp. 128-162
Author(s):  
Andrew Byers
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
First World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Officer Corps ◽  
Enlisted Men ◽  
War Department ◽  
American Expeditionary Forces ◽  
The First World War ◽  
First World ◽  
European Women

This chapter examines U.S. Army deployments to France during the First World War and the occupations of France and Germany in the aftermath of the war. At the outset of American involvement in World War I, army and War Department officials were especially concerned with how they might cope with an anticipated venereal epidemic, and how to deal with expected problems from romantic fraternization between American soldiers and the European women they would encounter while deployed. This chapter also examines uses the experiences of the American Expeditionary Forces to illuminate differing conceptions of masculinity and sexual propriety for the officer corps and enlisted men.

scholarly journals Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Support for the American Expeditionary Forces by the US Army Medical Corps During World War I

2015 ◽  
Vol 139 (9) ◽  
pp. 1161-1172 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. Wright ◽  
Leland B. Baskin
Keyword(s):  
World War I ◽  
Influenza Pandemic ◽  
The United States ◽  
Laboratory Medicine ◽  
World War ◽  
Us Army ◽  
Army Medical ◽  
American Expeditionary Forces ◽  
Laboratory Services ◽  
The Us

Context Historical research on pathology and laboratory medicine services in World War I has been limited. In the Spanish American War, these efforts were primarily focused on tropical diseases. World War I problems that could be addressed by pathology and laboratory medicine were strikingly different because of the new field of clinical pathology. Geographic differences, changing war tactics, and trench warfare created new issues. Objectives To describe the scope of pathology and laboratory medicine services in World War I and the value these services brought to the war effort. Methods Available primary and secondary sources related to American Expeditionary Forces' laboratory services were analyzed and contrasted with the British and German approaches. Results The United States entered the war in April 1917. Colonel Joseph Siler, MD, a career medical officer, was the director, and Colonel Louis B. Wilson, MD, head of pathology at the Mayo Clinic, was appointed assistant director of the US Army Medical Corps Division of Laboratories and Infectious Disease, based in Dijon, France. During the next year, they organized 300 efficient laboratories to support the American Expeditionary Forces. Autopsies were performed to better understand treatment of battlefield injuries, effects of chemical warfare agents, and the influenza pandemic; autopsies also generated teaching specimens for the US Army Medical Museum. Bacteriology services focused on communicable diseases. Laboratory testing for social diseases was very aggressive. Significant advances in blood transfusion techniques, which allowed brief blood storage, occurred during the war but were not primarily overseen by laboratory services. Conclusions Both Siler and Wilson received Distinguished Service Medals. Wilson's vision for military pathology services helped transform American civilian laboratory services in the 1920s.

scholarly journals The participation of African Americans in the American Expeditionary Forces during the World War I

2021 ◽  
pp. 57-63
Author(s):  
Ilya Nikolaevich Adeshkin
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
World War I ◽  
Military Service ◽  
World War ◽  
Combat Experience ◽  
American Expeditionary Forces ◽  
The World ◽  
African American Soldiers ◽  
The Impact

This article examines the participation of African Americans in the World War I in the ranks of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe during the 1917 – 1918. The author studies the attitude of the African-American community towards participation in the World War I, describes the peculiarities of military service of African American soldiers in the American Expeditionary Forces, and reveals the manifestations of racial discrimination. The article also reviews the attitude of French soldiers and officers towards African American soldiers of the U. S. Army, analyzes the impact of the acquired combat experience and sociocultural interaction with foreign soldiers upon the activity of African American population in fighting for their rights and freedoms in the United States. In Russian historiography, the participation of African Americans in the American Expeditionary Forces during the World War I, peculiarities of their service, and the impact of war on self-consciousness of this category of military servicemen have not previously become the subject of special research. Based on the article. The conclusion is made that the attitude of African American community towards participation in the World War I was quite ambiguous. Their soldiers faced different forms of discrimination during their military service: they could not serve in the Marine Corps and other elite units, and most of the time were engaged in the rear. A different experience received African American soldiers from the units transferred under the leadership of the French Army, whose officers treated them with respect; the blood shed for their country, combat experience and respectful of the allies enhanced desire of the African Americans to gain equal civil rights and freedoms in their homeland.

The Hello Girls: Women Telephone Operators with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I

2004 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill Frahm
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
World War I ◽  
West Coast ◽  
White Women ◽  
American Woman ◽  
The United States ◽  
World War ◽  
American Expeditionary Forces ◽  
Single Well ◽  
Telephone Operators

When historians describe the American woman who served overseas with the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I, they typically fall back on generalizations. The American women who served “over there” were white, single, well-educated, and from an urban area of the Northeast or West Coast of the United States. Most were gainfully employed before going to Europe, holding a teaching, clerical, or other position suitable for respectable white women of that period. Frequently, they were financially independent and lived on their own. While such generalizations are valuable, their obvious drawback is that they obscure the diversity of women serving in specific organizations. Also, such generalizations can prove misleading when applied to any one organization; what might be true for a YMCA worker might be false for a telephone operator.

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