Attached is small notice that appeared in the Doughboy newspaper, The Stars & Stripes; it named the three American officers who served “over there” long enough to be granted the adornment of a fourth overseas chevron. Each gold wire chevron, worn on the lower left cuff (see the officer’s cuff pictured above), represented a single six month period served in theater; the vast majority of A.E.F. uniforms had anywhere between one and three sewn in place.
WW1 uniform overseas chevrons regulationswho wore four overseas chevrons during WW1US Army Brigadier General Frank Parker 1919World War 1 Colonel Sanford Wardhams USMCarticle concerning US Army Colonel C W Exton World War i newspaperarticle concerning American WW1 uniforms
WW1 uniform overseas chevrons regulationswho wore four overseas chevrons during WW1US Army Brigadier General Frank Parker 1919World War 1 Colonel Sanford Wardhams USMCarticle concerning US Army Colonel C W Exton World War i newspaperarticle concerning American WW1 uniforms