American Expeditionary Forces

American  

plural noun

1. troops sent to Europe by the U.S. Army during World War I. A.E.F., AEF

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American Expeditionary Forces British  

plural noun

1. the troops sent to Europe by the US during World War I

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Example Sentences

The only original nod to the war in the park, a statute of Gen. John J. Pershing, who commanded the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, will remain at the edge of the space.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2021

And it appears in full in one of the very few war memoirs written by blacks, Addie W. Hunton and Kathryn M. Johnson’s Two Colored Women With the American Expeditionary Forces.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2019

In recent Democrat-Gazette coverage, O’Connell said park visitors would be able to dial up Pershing on their smart-phones and hear a recording of the commander addressing members of the American Expeditionary Forces.

From Washington Times • May 28, 2019

Gen. John J. Pershing said it was his “desire that every man in the American Expeditionary Forces should be given the opportunity to visit Paris before returning to the United States.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2018

When I applied to the American Expeditionary Forces I was asked how it was that I came to speak French.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse