97th Battalion (American Legion), CEF
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97th Battalion (American Legion), CEF
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The 97th Battalion, CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Great War Canadian Expeditionary Force. The 97th Battalion was authorized on 22 December 1915 and embarked for Britain in May 1916, but was halted in Aldershot, Nova Scotia when the American government protested the title of ‘American Legion,’ as the country was officially a neutral state. The delay caused a number of officers to resign, and a number of men deserted when it became clear they would not enter the front lines. Finally the de
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