Despite entering World War I nearly 3 years late, the United States was heralded as the savior of Europe. Fresh-faced doughboys arriving with new equipment had turned the tide in favor of the Allied Powers. For the first time in history, motorized vehicles played a pivotal role in the outcome of a war. Yet American infrastructure was ill-prepared to handle such a massive mobilization had we entered the war earlier or *gasp* been attacked on our own soil.So, in 1919, the War Deparment set out to survey how long and what it would take for a full convoy to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific; an expedition that would take 2 months. Along for the journey was Dwight Eisenhower, a young army officer at the time who had missed the festivities of World War I. Needless to say, his experience on this convoy would lead him to create the Interstate Highway System when he became president.

Read on for more info on that fateful convoy: History of First Military Convoy — The Delphos Herald

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