I was reading a short article about how the Reds captured Vladivostock from the Whites in 1919. They recoutned that there were some 10,000 American soldiers in Russia, they mentioned Archangle and then their movement to the East. Any ideas on why they were there?

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Definitely helping the white Generals to put out the revolution and save the western companies´firms and mines etc. Also trying to start a new war against the Germans as the communists had made a deal with Germany to end the war.

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The US 31st Infantry Regiment that surrendered on Bataan was there. That is where they got their name, The Polar Bears, from.

I found this link for you.

History

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Best Regards,
JW

IIRC even the soldiers wern't entirly sure why they where there, and in some instances who they were to fight.

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"When war does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." -General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
"The conqueror is always a lover of peace; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed."-Karl von Clausewitz

Very interesting, Thanks guys.

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The Muslim Brotherhood “must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and ‘sabotaging’ its miserable house by their hands..." — Mohamed Akram. http://jihadwatch.org/

Here are a few links for you. These can better describe it than I can.
American Expeditionary Force Siberia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Polar Bear Expedition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
America's Secret War
Northern Russia Expedition Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross - Citations

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"When war does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." -General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
"The conqueror is always a lover of peace; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed."-Karl von Clausewitz