A.E.F.

American  

Or AEF

abbreviation

1. American Expeditionary Forces; American Expeditionary Force.

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Example Sentences

Appendix A lists notable Oxford writers from 1829 to 1929; another gives the names of A.E.F. soldier-students at British universities in 1919.

From Washington Post

Appearing first in the Army’s newspaper “Stars and Stripes,” the poem was published in 1919 with 83 others by American Doughboys in “Yanks; A.E.F. Verse.”

From Washington Times

After crossing the Atlantic on La Touraine, a vessel carrying the volunteer ambulance corps of several East Coast colleges, the two settled in a pension on Rue Vaneau, convenient to both A.E.F. headquarters and the Alliance Française.

From The New Yorker

“I wish that every officer and soldier of the A.E.F. would write a letter home on Mother’s Day,” Pershing declared.

From New York Times

Pershing dove back into his career; he chased Pancho Villa with the Mexican Punitive Expedition a year later and took command of the A.E.F. in 1917.

From New York Times