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| Battle of Cambrai Patton, George Smith |  |
| Cambrai Participates in the world's 1st major tank battle |
| Battle of Meuse Argonne Patton, George Smith | |
| Meuse Argonne Leads the 304th Brigade USAtank Corps with distiction at Meuse-Argonne Forest |
| Battle of Mihiel Patton, George Smith | |
| Mihiel Leads the 304th Brigade USAtank Corps with distiction at St Mihiel |
| Birth of Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 2nd May Brookline Birth of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Brookline, Mass. |
| Brigadier General Dawes, Charles Gates | |
| Appointed Brigadier-General, serves in the American AEF in France |
| Commander US Expeditionary Force France Pershing, John Joseph | |
| Appointed Commander of the American Expeditionary Force in France |
| Commander US Tank School Patton, George Smith | |
| Appointed Commander of the USATank School |
| Declaration of War Marshal, Thomas | |
| 6th April Signs the declaration of war against Germany |
| Declaration of War Wilson, Thomas Woodrow | |
| 6th April Washington Declares war as an "associated power" giving the USAindependence from France & Britain |
| 6th April Washington Declares war on Germany after approval by the Senate & House of Representatives |
| Diplomacy Pershing, John Joseph | |
| 13th June Paris Arrives in Paris to discuss America's involvement in the war |
| Diplomacy Sims, William | |
| April Trans ferred to Europe to liaise with the Allied navies |
| Food Administrator Hoover Hoover, Herbert Clerk | |
| Appointed Food Administrator |
| Neutrality Wilson, Thomas Woodrow | |
| 4th Jan Washington Says "There will be no war...it would be a crime against civilisation for us to go in" |
| Reform of Conscription Wilson, Thomas Woodrow | |
| 5th June Washington Draft registration day for nearly 10 million men aged 21-31 |
| US Tank School Patton, George Smith | |
| Appointed Commander of the USATank School |