Show Today's Anniversary S SOn On June 26 1917 1017 the first contingents a of the first United States army to fight in Europe arrived in France under the command of or Major General Wll- Wll lam L. L Sibert News that the the- Americans were arriving spread rapidly and by the time the troop ships arrived alongside alongside along along- side the wharves where the men were to debark thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of persons were on hand to greet them A wild welcome was shrieked by whistles les of craft in n the harbor and the welcoming throngs burst into song The American soldiers were spontaneously dubbed b by the excited French crowds to distinguish them from the British Tommies General Sibert took up his quarters at a camp not far distant from the coast as commander of or the first United States force sent abroad under General Pershing as commander in chief |