Brehon B. Somervell
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Brehon Burke Somervell was a general in the United States Army and Commanding General of the Army Service Forces in World War II. As such he was responsible for the U.S. Army's logistics. Following hi
Somervell on an undated photograph
Senior officers of the 89th Division at Stenay, Meuse, France, November 12, 1918. Pictured on the extreme right is Lieutenant Colonel Brehon B. Somervell
Lieutenant Colonel Brehon B. Somervell being decorated with the DSC by Major General Frank L. Winn at Nattenheim, Germany, December 1918
Northwest exposure of the Pentagon's construction underway, 1 July 1942
Pancho Villa Expedition
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The Pancho Villa Expedition, now known officially in the United States as the Mexican Expedition but originally referred to as the "Punitive Expedition, US Army," was a military operation conducted by
Brehon B. Somervell
…United States Military Academy class of 1914 and was commissioned in the United States Army Corps of Engineers. During World War I he served with the Pancho Villa Expedition in Mexico and the American Expeditionary Force in France in logistical posts. He was also decorated for gallantry in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. After…
Pancho Villa wearing bandoliers in front of an insurgent camp
Battle of Columbus. Ruins of Columbus, New Mexico, after being raided by Pancho Villa
Maj. Gen. John Pershing of the National Army
American soldiers cross the arid plains south of Columbus, New Mexico.