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Hundreds of \u2018GI Geordies\u2019 (former natives of North East England) were among the American Expeditionary Force that came to Europe in 1917\u201318, Tyneside dockyards repaired and maintained US Navy ships operating in the Eastern Atlantic and North Atlantic, and in 1918 a US Aero Squadron was based in Newcastle. By researching the relationships that developed between individuals, communities, and industries in the North East and US armed forces, this project will help to foster understanding in the region of this historic aspect of the \u2018special relationship\u2019.<\/p>\n
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[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”6″ down=”6″][vc_column_text]The US dreadnoughts were formed into the 6th<\/sup> Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet under Admiral Rodman. Operating from Scapa Flow they undertook training cruises with the Royal Navy until fully operational.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”6″ down=”6″][vc_column_text]READ MORE<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”50469″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image” edgt_css_animation=””][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”8″ down=”8″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”6″ down=”6″][vc_column_text]The US Army began to arrive as troops became available in sufficient quantity. Although the majority went directly to France, some did come to Britain.\u00a0Amongst these were airmen undertaking training on British combat aircraft…[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”6″ down=”6″][vc_column_text]READ MORE<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”50470″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” onclick=”link_image” edgt_css_animation=””][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”8″ down=”8″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”6″ down=”6″][vc_column_text]With US entry into war, Lord Mayor of Newcastle wrote to Walter Hamm, US Consul to the city: \u201cYour country and ours are alike fighting to preserve their ideals of liberty and freedom, not so much for themselves as for the other peoples of the world.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”transparent” up=”6″ down=”6″][vc_column_text]READ MORE<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” oblique_section=”no” text_align=”left” triangle_shape=”no” padding_top=”10″ padding_bottom=”36″ css_animation=”” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text] THE PROJECT [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”small” position=”center” border_style=”dotted” up=”12″ down=”13″][vc_column_text] Neither the United States\u2019 \u2018late\u2019 entry into the First World War nor its vital contribution to the defeat of the Central Powers are widely…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"full_width.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northumbriaworldwarone.co.uk\/geordie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50484"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northumbriaworldwarone.co.uk\/geordie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northumbriaworldwarone.co.uk\/geordie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northumbriaworldwarone.co.uk\/geordie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northumbriaworldwarone.co.uk\/geordie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50484"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/northumbriaworldwarone.co.uk\/geordie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50512,"href":"https:\/\/northumbriaworldwarone.co.uk\/geordie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50484\/revisions\/50512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northumbriaworldwarone.co.uk\/geordie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The US Army in the NE<\/h3>\n
Anglo-American Relations<\/h3>\n