AEF Travels [Eugene Kelsey WWI American Expeditionary Forces Travels of France in 1918] Part I, 1918

Scope and content:

Eugene Kelsey's scrapbook contains photographs of his time in France with the American Expeditionary Forces Travels Scrapbook in 1918 during the end of World War I. The AEF was part of the United States Army that operated in France from July 5, 1917 to the latter part of 1918 under General John J. Pershing. This is the first of two scrapbooks. The photographs in this scrapbook document landmark locations in France, such as Napoleon's Library and the Eiffel Tower. The photographs also document military combat locations, tench warfare, the evacuation of sick and wounded soldiers, the retreat of the German forces, and widespread destruction.

Subjects:

World War, 1914-1918

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