1917
American Expeditionary Forces
Serves in France as a senior procurement and supply officer for the American Expeditionary Forces.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at France in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Serves in France as a senior procurement and supply officer for the American Expeditionary Forces.
Appointed brigadier general and serves with the American Expeditionary Forces in France.
Works on supply procurement for the American Expeditionary Forces.
Serves as chairman of the General Purchasing Board for the American Expeditionary Forces.
Helps coordinate Allied purchasing and supply arrangements in France.
Serves on the War Department Liquidation Commission after the armistice.
Assumes direct operational command of Allied ground forces in northwest Europe as the campaign advances beyond Normandy.
France awarded Shaw the Croix de Guerre for his wartime military service.
McCone left Washington for a honeymoon in France, leaving Deputy Director Marshall Carter to serve as Acting Director during a critical period of the Cuban buildup.
From France, McCone warned that extensive Soviet defensive preparations in Cuba could be intended to conceal the later installation of medium-range ballistic missiles.
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