Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Historical Films. 1914 - 1936. BASE SECTION NO. 2 (BORDEAUX), CEREMONIES AND, ACTIVITIES OF TROOPS RETURNING TO THE U.S. [1919]
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Harbord, James G. (James Guthrie), 1866-1947
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Army officer and business executive. From the description of James G. Harbord papers, 1886-1938 (bulk 1918-1919). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82223891 Harbord was a Major General and commanded the Services of Supply of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. He became Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army from 1921-22. As a civilian, he became president of the Radio Corp of America (RCA) and resided in Rye, N.Y. He died in 1947. From the desc...
Allen, Henry T. (Henry Tureman), 1859-1930
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Army officer. From the description of Papers of Henry T. Allen, 1806-1933 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 66095804 Henry Tureman Allen (1859-1930), U.S. Army officer, was born at Sharpsburg, Kentucky, the thirteenth child and ninth son of Ruben Sanford and Susannah Shumate Allen. The immigrant ancestor on his father''s side went to Virginia in 1636; his mother descended from a Huguenot settler in Virginia whose name, de la Soumatte, was transformed to Shumate. Al...
Connor, William D. (William Durward), 1874-1960
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William Durward Connor (1874-1960) was born in Beloit, Wisconsin. In 1897 he commissioned in the Army Corps of Engineers from West Point. In 1909 he graduated from the Army War College. During World War I, he served with the American Expeditionary Forces. He made brigadier general in June 1918. From 1919 to 1920, he was commanding general of U.S. forces in France. His next assignments were Chief of Transportation Service, from 1920 to 1921, and Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. Army, from 1921 ...
Bailey, Charles Justin, 1859-1946
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Charles Justin Bailey (b. June 21, 1959, Tamaqua, Pa.-d. Sept. 21, 1946), U.S. Army officer. From the description of Bailey, Charles Justin, 1859-1946 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10596938 ...
McNair, Lesley James, 1883-1944
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Brigadier General Lesley James McNair (1883-1944) was born in Verndale, Minnesota. He was appointed to the U. S. Military Academy on Aug. 1, 1900, and upon graduation on June 15, 1904, was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant of Artillery. McNair was promoted to the grade of First Lieutenant on July 1, 1905; to captain on May 29, 1907; to major on May 15, 1917; to lieutenant colonel (temporary) on Aug. 5, 1917; to colonel (temporary) on June 26, 1918; and to brigadier general (temporary) on Oct. 1, 191...
Pétain, Philippe, 1856-1951
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Marshal and chief of state of France. From the description of Philippe Pétain papers, 1944-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754866964 French General of the First World War. From the description of Letter, 1918. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 41418433 French minister of war, diplomat, and army officer. From the description of Address of Philippe Pétain, 1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450037 ...
Hulen, John A. (John Augustus), 1871-1957
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Military officer, railroad executive. Member of Texas Technological College Board of Directors from 1931-1937. Born 1871 in Centralia, Missouri. Moved to Texas with his parents in 1873. Attended public school in Gainesville, Texas. Attended military academies in Virginia and Missouri, graduating in 1891. Joined the Texas Volunteer Cavalry in 1889. Served in the Spanish-American War, the Phillipine Insurrection, and World War I. Both before and after World War I, Hulen pursued a career as a railr...
Rhodes, Charles Dudley, 1865-1948
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Graduated from West Point as Lieutenant and ordered to 6th Cavalry. Served in campaigns against the Sioux Indians, 1890-1891. Aide to Inspector General and adjutant to 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps in Santiago de Cuba. Was with the China Relief Expedition and in the Philippine Insurrection. During World War I as Brigadier General (1917) commanded 157th Field Artillery Brigade and saw action in Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives. Became Major General (1918) and comma...
Wright, William Mason, 1863-1943
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William Mason Wright (b. Sept. 24, 1863, Newark, N.J.-d. Aug. 16, 1943), Major General in the U.S. Army, graduated from West Point in 1883. He served in the Dominican Republic, the Philippines, and Mexico. He commanded the 3rd, 5th, and 7th Corps, 89th Division, and 1st Corps in the American Expeditionary Force in France in 1918 and 1919. He also served as deputy chief of staff, U.S. Army, following the War. He retired in December 1922. From the description of Wright, William Mason, ...
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948
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Career Army officer who served in the Philippines as an adjutant general and engineer officer, collector of customs, and cavalry squadron commander, participating in actions against the Tausug (Moros), 1899-1903; later apppointed governor of Moro Province and commander, Department of Mindanao, 1909-1913. Well-known for his command of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I, 1917-1919. From the description of General John J. Pershing photograph collection [pictu...
Ford, Reginald, b. 1868
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Reginald Ford (b. Dec. 7, 1868), Major General in the British Army, entered the Royal Marines in 1889 and later transferred to the Army Service Corps. He served in South Africa and during World War I. From the description of Ford, Reginald, b. 1868 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10597725 ...
