Strange Sights Seen by a Red Cross Worker in France
A Red Cross captain recalls Atlantic crossing to France aboard Lapland, aboard ship life, front-line visits near Chateau Thierry and Rheims, and duty in field hospitals He writes of shellfire, graves, Polish and American comrades and the dangers faced by medical personnel amid the 1918 fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Mathew
Lady Paget
Russia
James McKenzie
John Lane
Schurman
Cornell University
McKenzie
Chateau Thierry
Ro Oe Mitchell
la Ferte
Army Evacuation Hospital No
Front
Mat Red Cross
Paris
Josh
Veaux
Catheras
Dormays
Ville En Tardenoise
Hedon
Epernay
Rheims
Soissons
Chateau ‘Thierry
Marne
St. Imoges
Bpernay
Men in France Reflect on War’s Aftermath and Homecoming
Maj Henry P Di06 writes from a French hospital about the 2,000,000 Americans in France and the lasting impacts on character and home life. He praises the discipline morale and ideals of the army and warns communities to prepare for returning veterans to resist temptation and uphold virtue. He highlights Halstead Pa's 80 service members and calls for supportive, upright hometowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Cornell
Henry P. di
Cornell Sun
James T. du Bois
Halstead
Ince
Paris
Pennsylvania
America
Smail
Roosevelt
Gen. Wood
Sarky
W H Morse Letter From the Front Letter Home
The text presents a wartime letter from W H Morse of Company K 183d Infantry describing a heavy machine gun wound through the belt and back while prone, the bullet’s path, hospital stay, and recovery. He recalls friends in Anaconda, Columbia University, and injuries to others, noting transfers and movements through Verdun and the Argonne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tout
W.H. Morse
Morse
Billines
France
Anaconda
War Department
Dre Ell
Columbia ‘University
Tuam
Tam
Missouri
Anza
Arenes
Verdun
Eptember
Argonne
Mer
Tottenead
Angernon
Danih
Gould
Nuren
Borie
Vinen
Ola
Peti Hon
Caioe
Stadt
Also Mentioned on This Page
ARMY
A_NOBLE CONVOY
Trish
Trent Sloe
New York Harbor
Atlantic
Eeas
Dudgeon
Patel
Chaplain Moulton
J. Russell Mackay
Subs
Cecil H. Sampson
William Sampson
California Avenue
Butte
Camp Lewis
Bening
Camp Merritt
N. J
Quartermaster’s Corps
Pershing
Ireland
London
The
Endicott
England
Army and Navy
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey
Havre
Normandy
Saissons
Roche
Bureau of Purchases
Assi Ant
Red Cross Organization
Vichy
Reed
Fismes
Grave
Allied
Minnesota
Glyndon
Lake Park
Charney
Quentin Roosevelt
Quentin Roosevalt
Graveny
Uns
Marne Valley
Colonel Baker
Napoleon
Germany
Jerry J, Nedved
Paddy
M.W. Murphy
Ala
Verdun Battlefields
Richard Phelan
218Th Aero Combat Squadron
Richard J. Cloke
Butteman
Montana
Marines
Mare Island, al
Chard Phe
R. E. Lavelle
J. Lavelle
Hornet Street
Marine Corps
Camp Quantlco
Sid C. Sampson
Machine Sun
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!