American Expeditionary Forces

plural noun

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

American Expeditionary Forces

plural noun

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

Example Sentences

Outfitted thus we might have been major generals or we might have been second lieutenants of the American Expeditionary Forces.

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In its zones of special activity the American Expeditionary Forces had their own great stations in addition.

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The goal toward which this production was aiming was the expected spring offensive of the American Expeditionary Forces in 1919.

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The American Expeditionary Forces estimated that they would require 480 of these weapons.

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Early in 1918 the American Expeditionary Forces advised us to redesign the 240-millimeter mortar to give it a stronger barrel.

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