"ESCORTED BY AMERICAN DESTROYERS & SEAPLANES"

PERSHING WELCOMES FOCH TO UNITED STATES

New York City (JFK+50) On October 28, 1921, Marshal Ferdinand Foch* "steamed into New York...on the liner Paris to sit with his American 'buddies' at their legion's convention in Kansas City."

Arriving ahead of Foch was General John J. Pershing who returned from his European trip to welcome the French commander to the United States.

The Paris was "escorted by American destroyers and seaplanes."

Marshal Foch is scheduled to leave New York late in the day bound for Washington, D.C. to lunch with President Warren G. Harding and the First Lady.

*Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929) was born in Tarbes, France & served as Supreme Allied Commander during WWI.

SOURCE

"Pershing Races In N.Y. Ahead Of Foch," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 28, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/ 

   

 

Marshal Ferdinand Foch

1 January 1919

"FRANCE CAN NEVER FORGET WHAT AMERICA DID"

MARSHAL FOCH SENDS PRAISE TO AMERICA

Paris (JFK+50) On July 3, 1921, Marshal Ferdinand Foch* of France, commander-in-chief of the Allied armies, sent a message to America on its' Independence Day celebration.

Marshal Foch praised the American people for "unparalleled effort" which helped bring victory in the recent world war for the Allies.

Marshal Foch's message read, in part...

"In celebrating America's Independence Day...France does not only commemorate the heroic days (of)...Lafayette but...when the American nation stood (for) the defense of...the liberty of the world.

France can never forget what America did."

*Ferdinand Foch (1851-1929) was born in Tarbes, France.  He was a professor of military history before serving as 26th Chief of Army Staff 1917-1918 & Supreme Allied Commander 1918-1920.  He was acclaimed as "the most original military thinker of his generation."

SOURCE

"Glory to U.S.," Foch's Greeting To Americans," The New York Tribune, July 4, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

   

 

Marshal Ferdinand Foch

National Archief