Mitchell "Mitch" A. Yockelson (born 1962) is a military historian and archivist. He has written four books including, ''Borrowed Soldiers: Americans Under British Command 1918'', and numerous articles for well-known publications. Yockelson is considered one of the foremost authorities on the topic of

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. Currently he teaches at

Norwich University Norwich University is a private university in Northfield, Vermont, United States. The university was founded in 1819 as the "American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy". It is the oldest of six senior military college, senior militar ...

, and works as an Investigative Archivist at the

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. Yockelson resides in

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Education

In 1984, Yockelson graduated from

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with his undergraduate degree in history. He earned his

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in history from

George Mason University George Mason University (GMU) is a Public university, public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Located in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., the university is named in honor of George Mason, a Founding Father ...

. Afterwards Yockelson graduated from the Royal Military College of Science,

Cranfield University Cranfield University is a postgraduate-only public research university in the United Kingdom that specialises in science, engineering, design, technology and management. Cranfield was founded as the College of Aeronautics (CoA) in 1946. Throug ...

with his

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in military history.

Career

Yockelson began working at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in 1988. He started off as a military history specialist in military records. He currently works as an investigative archivist in the Office of the Inspector General at NARA. His main duty is to investigate stolen historical document cases. He is also the head of the Archivist Recovery Team (ART) at NARA. Previously Yockelson was a professor of military history at the

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. He currently teaches graduate programs in military history at Norwich University. Yockelson is the author of four books. His first book, ''Borrowed Soldiers: Americans Under British Command 1918'' was named by ''London Independent'' as one of the best books on military history in 2008. It originated from his dissertation on the

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during World War I. He is the recipient of the Army Historical Foundation's Distinguished Writing Award. As an expert on World War I and military history, Yockelson lectures internationally and has acted as consultant for programs on the

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'', ''

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'', and The Pentagon Channel. He has also been featured in the ''

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''. On a regular basis, Yockelson leads tours of World War I battlefields for the Smithsonian Journeys and New York Times Journeys. Yockelson is an historical advisor to the U.S. World War I Centennial Commission.

Published work

*'' Forty-Seven Days: How Pershing's Warriors Came of Age to Defeat the German Army in World War I''. 2016. New American Library. . *''Grant: Savior of the Union''. 2012. Thomas Nelson. . *''MacArthur: Defiant Soldier''. 2011. Thomas Nelson. *''Borrowed Soldiers: Americans Under British Command, 1918''. 2008. University of Oklahoma Press.

References

External links

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Borrowed Soldiers
(archived link)
Mitchell Yockelson at ''The Weekly Standard''NARA investigators detail brazen theft and daring capture in the archives

Researcher doctors Lincoln date

''Forty-Seven Days Website''
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