Forces (WWI), Expeditionary American
Era: World War I
Military Branch: Army
American Expeditionary Forces
The American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) was a formation of the United States Armed Forces on the Western Front during WWI. It was composed mostly of units from the US Army. The AEF was established on July 5th 1917, in France under the command of then-Major General John J Pershing.
They fought alongside the French Army, British Army, Canadian Army, British-Indian Army, New Zealand Army and Austtralian Army units against the Imperial German Army.
A small number of AEF troops also fought alongside Italian Army units in 1918 against the Austro-Hungarian Army.The AEF helped the French Army on the Western Front during the Aisne Offensive (at the Battle of Château-Thierry and Battle of Belleau Wood) in the summer of 1918, and fought its major actions in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in the latter part of 1918.
Some of the AEF came out of northeastern Minnesota including:
- Thomas Lewis Caine
Thomas Lewis Caine | Veterans Memorial Hall (vets-hall.org)
- Wallace Leon Hubert
- Wildey Hubbel Mitchell
