AEF Logistics Base 'Camp Williams' Camp Vestige
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On the north side of the road.
Commemorative ObjectA chimney which was part of Officers quarters at Camp Williams. Per "American Armies and Battlefield Europe" (1938), The base at Is-sur-Tille was the Headquarters of Advance Section of the Supply & Services (S.O.S) in 1917 from which more than 1 million soldiers were supplied at one time; included the largest bakery in the AEF; Ordnance School and Shops; Air Service intermediate depot; artillery camp; and an important center of railway construction.
Special thanks to the Société d'histoire Tille/Ignon (SHTI) for assistance with this memorial.
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