"Lest we forget!" God and country . ETS GO!. AUGUST 9 ^1918 %e Independent ^AmericancArmy in Jrance THEIR mettle amply proved at Cantigny,Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood andSolssons, the supreme Allied command decidedthat American troops were entirely able toact as an independent force. From every point of view the organizationof such a force was justified. Therefore theformation of THE AMERICAN ARMY,under sole command of General Pershing, wasdecided upon on August 9, 1918, in a confer-ence between Marshal Foch and GeneralPershing. The moment was propitious, the emergencythat had previously just

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"Lest we forget!" God and country . ETS GO!. AUGUST 9 ^1918 %e Independent ^AmericancArmy in Jrance THEIR mettle amply proved at Cantigny,Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood andSolssons, the supreme Allied command decidedthat American troops were entirely able toact as an independent force. From every point of view the organizationof such a force was justified. Therefore theformation of THE AMERICAN ARMY,under sole command of General Pershing, wasdecided upon on August 9, 1918, in a confer-ence between Marshal Foch and GeneralPershing. The moment was propitious, the emergencythat had previously justified the dispersionof our divisions had passed. The intrepid dash and splendidvalor of our troops had definitely turned the tide of war tothe Allied side. Then came St. Mihiel; the Meuse-Argonne; the distinctlyAmerican offensive that encircled Metz; a rapid succession ofdecisive American victories that compelled the enemy to suefor peace on the Eleventh hour of the Eleventh day of theEleventh month of 1918. Meanwhile the only U-boats which

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