The Engineers
The U.S. Army engineers who
served in World War I brought with
them varied military experience,
Most senior officers were graduates
Military Academy.
of the
These Regular Army engineers
had devoted most of their careers
to supervising domestic river and
harbor improvements, although
many had also served with U.S.
Army units abroad, primarily in
Cuba or the Philippines.
Other commanders who had
been civilian engineers joined
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the National Guard or Officers'
Reserve Corps shortly before the
United States entered the war.
had no prior experience with
military service. Some 40,000 of
But most of the 240,000 engineers
them were African-Americans.
who served in Europe during the war
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engineer construction
troops.
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