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GIVES HARVARD FIRST II. S. FLAG IN FRANCEBase Hospital 5 Unit Has Its First ReunionDoctors, Nurses and Attendants ! Gather 200 StrongPersonnel of Base Hospital So. f?, which wan made up largely of HarvardMedical School students, with the staffand nurses of Peter Pent Brigham Wos~I pitah held their first reunion yesterday $ i afternoon and evening. There were about 200 of the original members present and guests from the faculty of Har-t vard University and from the staff of the Peter Beta Brigham Hospital.This unit whs the first New England | contingent lo sail for Fram e, leaving Boston May It, ft returned Aprilj 20, 15)19.I The afternoon gathering was in the Administration Building of Harvard ! Medical Behoof, where an informal re-i o ption was held. Mu j Henry Dyman., the last commander of the unit, pre-t sen ted the colors carried by the hos-j pita! in France, claimed to be the first American flag to reach France, to Dean , David D Edsalf of the Medical School.Dr FdsaH received the colors and pre-| seated them in turn to Prcsid lit Dowell ; for Harvard University. DI In Building B of the medical school ยป the members and their guests were j shown lantern slide* of the unit's move-! uientH in France, They then went to; Witney Hall, Brookline, for dinner and a dartee. A concert was provided bymembers of the unit. Dr Gilbert Hor-rax of Peter Bent Brigham Hospital arranged the details of the reunion andwas elected permanent chairman to arrange future meetings.
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Boston Sunday Globe
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Sun, Nov 09, 1919
Page 207
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Harvard U.
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