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The New York Herald, July 1, 1917

The European edition of the The New York Herald announcing the American Expeditionary Force’s arrival in France. The First Division’s 16th Infantry Regiment would parade through Paris three days later.

From the Van Natter Collection,
The Colonel Robert R. McCormick Research Center

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