Samuel Ross Varnado medal, circa 1918.
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Varnado, Samuel Ross, 1881-1931
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Samuel Ross Varnado was the Captain of Company L, 325th Infantry of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War One. He was wounded in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive and was a patient in a Veterans Hospital in Gulfport, Mississippi. Family members included mother, Florence Bankston Varnado, and brother, Lieutenant Clyde Wendell Varnado (1894-1920). From the description of Samuel Ross Varnado papers, 1917-1979 (bulk 1917-1937). (Louisiana State University). WorldCat reco...
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
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Historical Note American Expeditionary Force The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was the U.S. military force in Europe during World War I. Although a division commanded by General John J. Pershing was sent to France in June 1917, most of the AEF was manned as a result of passage of the Selective Service Act (40 Stat. 76) by the U.S. Congress on 18 May 1917, creating the Selective Service System. The Act gave the president the p...
