<P> By June 1917 , only 14,000 American soldiers had arrived in France , and the AEF had only a minor participation at the front through late October 1917 , but by May 1918 over one million American troops were stationed in France , though only half of them made it to the front lines . Since the transport ships needed to bring American troops to Europe were scarce at the beginning , the U.S. Army pressed into service passenger liners , seized German ships , and borrowed Allied ships to transport American soldiers from ports in New York City , New Jersey , and Virginia . The mobilization effort taxed the American military to the limit and required new organizational strategies and command structures to transport great numbers of troops and supplies quickly and efficiently . The French harbors of Bordeaux , La Pallice , Saint Nazaire , and Brest became the entry points into the French railway system that brought the American troops and their supplies to the Western Front . American engineers in France also built 82 new ship berths , nearly 1,000 miles ( 1,600 km ) of additional standard - gauge tracks , and over 100,000 miles ( 160,000 km ) of telephone and telegraph lines . </P>
<P> By June 1917 , only 14,000 American soldiers had arrived in France , and the AEF had only a minor participation at the front through late October 1917 , but by May 1918 over one million American troops were stationed in France , though only half of them made it to the front lines . Since the transport ships needed to bring American troops to Europe were scarce at the beginning , the U.S. Army pressed into service passenger liners , seized German ships , and borrowed Allied ships to transport American soldiers from ports in New York City , New Jersey , and Virginia . The mobilization effort taxed the American military to the limit and required new organizational strategies and command structures to transport great numbers of troops and supplies quickly and efficiently . The French harbors of Bordeaux , La Pallice , Saint Nazaire , and Brest became the entry points into the French railway system that brought the American troops and their supplies to the Western Front . American engineers in France also built 82 new ship berths , nearly 1,000 miles ( 1,600 km ) of additional standard - gauge tracks , and over 100,000 miles ( 160,000 km ) of telephone and telegraph lines . </P>
when did us troops arrive in france ww1
when did us troops arrive in france ww1
June 1917
June 1917