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After the Great War Ends, New York Troops March into Germany, Meet Former Foes As Army of Occupation
In just 24 hours, the warm welcome for New York National Guard Soldiers serving in the Allied Army of Occupation shifted 180 degrees. New York Doughboys marching into Germany in November 1918, just ten days after the armistice of World War I, were treated as liberators as they passed through Arlon, Belgium.