WWI Centennial

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April 6, 2017
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Courtesy Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum

General John J. Pershing’s portrait on a World War I postcard

At the end of the war, General John J. Pershing—commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF)—wrote a letter of appreciation to the members of the AEF, and that letter begins “My Fellow Soldiers.”

Courtesy Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum