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Near/after the end of WW1, photo of American troops headed to Riga Latvia. Likely on their way to support the anti-Bolshevik forces (Whites) in the Russian Civil War. Some 13,00 AEF troops served there.
On back “another view of the train en route to Riga. Some of our men perched on top. Vic"
Provenance says it was from photo album of a Captain named Vic.
2 ½” x 2 ½”
American troops heading toward Riga after WWI could be linked to the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War (1918–1920). Here's the context:
Background: Chaos After the War
After WWI ended in November 1918, Russia was in the throes of a brutal civil war between the Bolsheviks (Reds) and various anti-Bolshevik forces (Whites). The Allied powers, including the U.S., Britain, and France, feared the spread of communism and wanted to support anti-Bolshevik factions.
🇺🇸 American Involvement
The U.S. sent troops to northern Russia (Archangel) and Siberia (Vladivostok) as part of this intervention. While Riga (in Latvia) wasn’t a primary U.S. deployment zone, it was a strategic location near the Russian border and a hub for logistics, intelligence, and coordination with other Allied forces.
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