Lesser Known American WWI Postal History 1914 to 1920

Lesser Known American WWI

Postal History

1914 to 1920

The Vanguard 1914-1917

American Red Cross Mercy Ship

Commission for Belgium Relief

Representing English & German POW’s

Henry Ford “Peace Ship”

Volunteer Ambulance Units

French Foreign Legion

Lafayette Escadrille

American Red Cross “Mercy Ship”

ARC “Mercy Ship” left NY 9/12/1914 with

170 doctors & nurses.

16 teams (350 doctors & nurses) served in England, France, Russia, Germany, Austria- Hungary and Serbia

Withdrawn 10/1915

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Representing English & German POW’s American Berlin Embassy to an Irish POW German POW in South Africa to American Counsel

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Interned English Civilian in Austria to the American Counsel, Vienna

Henry Ford “Peace Ship” (Ship of Fools)

Ford sponsored an international peace

conference in Stockholm, Sweden

The Oskar II left NJ 12/4/15

60 delegates, 3 newsreel men, 34

newsmen & a personnel staff of 20

Ford promised to “get the boys out of the trenches by Christmas”

The “Peace Ship” stopped at Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the Hague in

Holland

At Norway Ford left the ship to return

home

Conference was held with representatives from Denmark,

Holland, Norway, Sweden and United States

Henry Foro Peace Exrevirion

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Volunteer Ambulance Units

American Hospital Paris American Hospital B (Juilly)

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Volunteer Ambulance Units

Over 3500 Americans served in 43 volunteer ambulance section.

Majority came from Ivy League and eastern prep schools.

American Volunteer Motor — Ambulance Corps

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American Field Service (AFS)

Volunteer Ambulance Units

A thank you note from General Pershing to Mrs. Harmon for donating money to the AFS in

memory of his wife. General Pershing’s wife and two daughters had earlier died ina house fire at the Presidio of San Francisco, CA.

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In spring of 1917 the AFS provided ie ee) 800+ volunteers to the French Motor 3 7 ge

Transport Service

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Americans In The French Foreign Legion

Paul & Kiffin Rockwell pictured in their French

Foreign Legion Uniforms.

Lafayette Escadrille (L’Escadrille N. 124)

James R. McConnell

The War Years 1917-1918

Postage Rates/Franking to the US

Woman Volunteers

The WWI Black Soldier

American POW’s in Germany

German POW’s — France

German POW’s — US

Postage Rates

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NOTICE TO READER: When you finish reading this magazine place a r-cent stamp on this notice, hand same to any postal employee, and it will be placed in the hands of our soldiers or sailors at the front.

No wratping—no address. A.S. BURLESON, Postmaster-General.

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Postage Rates/Franking to the US (5/1917 — 10/20/1917)

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Postage Rates/Franking to the US (Use of AEF Booklet Pane Stamps 10/20/1917-10/29/1920)

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Postage Rates/Franking to the US (Use of AEF Booklet Pane Stamps 10/20/1917-10/29/1920)

Postage Rates/Franking to the US (Registered Jacket)

Woman Volunteers

Red Cross Volunteer (Secretary of

State Lansing’ s daughter) British Woman's Auntiery Army Corps (WAAC)

“Hello Girls” — American Female Switchboard operators

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Woman Volunteers (YWCA Hostess House)

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Russia YWCA worker. *Datelined American Embassy. *Card was sent by diplomatic pouch to the US.

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The WWI Black Soldier (Background)

Pre War Army

Regular Army Units (10,000)

gth & 10! Cavalry

24% & 25th Infantry

National Guard (10,000)

8" [Illinois & 15" New York Regiments

1st Separate Battalion District of Columbia

1st Separate Co. of Maryland

9' Battalion of Ohio

1st Separate Co. of Connecticut

Co. L of Massachusetts National

Guard

Co G of the Tennessee National Guard

WWI Units

* 404,308 African Americans served in the Army

* 42,000 in combat units (92"4 & 93"4 Divisions)

* Remainder as Labors in Uniform

Butchery Companies, Nos. 322 & 363

Stevedore Regiments, Nos. 301, 302 &

303

Stevedore Battalions, Nos. 701 & 702

Eng Service Battalions, Nos. 505 to 550

Labor Battalions, Nos. 304 to 315, 317

to 327, 329 to 348 and 357

Labor Companies, Nos. 301 to 324

Pioneer Infantry Battalions, Nos. 801 to

809, 811 and 813 to 816

The WWI Black Soldier (92"4 Division APO 766)

18 Brigade 366t" Infantry Regiment

359" Field Artillery Regt. All white

officers. Black officers were considered incapable of learning the technical requirements of the job.

The WWI Black Soldier (93 Division Served With the French Army)

370! Infantry Regiment — former 8'" Illinois National Guard ——~

The WWI Black Soldier (Labors in Uniform)

303 Stevedore Regiment

313' Labor Company

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First Americans Captured 1917

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American POW’s in Germany (International Red Cross)

American POW card to the International {

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International Red Cross card to the family of an American POW - 94' Pursuit Squadron

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American POW’s in Germany (American Red Cross)

Returning American POW ‘s- Switzerland

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SL ree Marechal de Logis Thomas Hitchcock, Prisoner of war, ris io aed no. 12292 - Giessen, Bermany. o/o Mr. Ellis Dresei, American Red Cross, fe y Berne, Switzerland.

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American POW’s in Germany (American Red Cross)

When a Prisoner is Captured

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American POW’s in Germany (AEF Office in Switzerland)

OFFICE OF DISBURSING OFFICER AND ACTING CUARTERMASTER

FOR SWITZERLAND, AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES

3, Lalenstrasse BERNE

The Assistant Auditor for the Wer Department,

Treasury Department,

WASHINGTON, D.c.,

U.S.A.

POW camps at Ligny-En-Barrois, St. Pierre des Corps, Gievres, Souilly, St. Nazaire & Brest

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German POW’s — France

48,000 German POW's

Prisoner of War Post Card

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German POW’s — France (Mail to German POW’s)

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German POW’s — US (Interned Ships)

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German POW’s — US (Permanent Holding Facilities)

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German POW’s — US (Mail to German POW’s in the US)

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Postwar

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* APO 946 - Berlin

American Red Cross (Grave Site Pictures Made for Each Family of a Fallen Soldier )

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Parchim, Germany

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APO 946 - Berlin APO 946 Had Limited Mail Processing — Registration Cancel Only Example?

Gloucester Immigration Station, NJ, return

address. Mailed through the New York PO

1/4/1919

Censored by Dept Justice, Ellis Island, NY