I honestly don't know how long the tours of duty for U.S. soldiers were during World War I -- that would be an interesting detail to research. I'm quite certain that all the troops traveled between the U.S. and Europe by ship, as no planes could carry that many passengers across the ocean at that time. Those crossings probably took a week or more each way, especially if they had to dodge the Germans along the way.
I'm sure it took a while after April 6, 1917, to draft more soldiers, give them some basic training, and then get them to the East Coast and ship them off to war. (We didn't have that big of a standing army.) They probably didn't get to do much fighting until the summer and fall.
I'm also pretty sure that the armies kept on fighting right up until the armistice became effective at 11 a.m. on November 11, 1918. So I honestly don't know how many U.S. troops were sent home before then, unless they were injured. My mother's father didn't seem to have any war-type injuries, although he was a pretty frail, nearly blind old man by the time I was old enough to form any memories. (He died shortly before my 6th birthday.)
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I'm sure it took a while after April 6, 1917, to draft more soldiers, give them some basic training, and then get them to the East Coast and ship them off to war. (We didn't have that big of a standing army.) They probably didn't get to do much fighting until the summer and fall.
I'm also pretty sure that the armies kept on fighting right up until the armistice became effective at 11 a.m. on November 11, 1918. So I honestly don't know how many U.S. troops were sent home before then, unless they were injured. My mother's father didn't seem to have any war-type injuries, although he was a pretty frail, nearly blind old man by the time I was old enough to form any memories. (He died shortly before my 6th birthday.)