LEADER 02534nam 2200433 450 001 9910163348803321 005 20200109084537.0 010 $a1-78289-164-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000001046398 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4807835 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4807835 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11348492 035 $a(OCoLC)974590518 035 $a(BIP)059099414 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001046398 100 $a20200109h20131917 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aDiary of section VIII $eAmerican ambulance field service 210 1$a[Place of publication not identified] :$cPickel Partners Publishing,$d2013. 210 4$d1917 215 $a1 online resource (52 pages) 330 8 $a"As the quick transportation of wounded from the front to the nearest hospital is so great a factor in saving their lives, the American Ambulance Field Service was organized soon after the beginning of the war, and during the subsequent two years its achievement has fully demonstrated the value of its purpose. It has now in the field more than 300 motor ambulances. These are driven by young American volunteers, most of whom are graduates of American universities. To them has been successfully entrusted the vitally important matter of bringing the wounded in the shortest possible time from the trenches to places where the first surgical help can be given. Upon this first surgical help largely depends, naturally, the chance of the wounded surviving long enough to reach the base hospitals. These ambulances are grouped in sections of twenty to thirty cars, and attached to the French Armies. They carry wounded between the front and the Army Hospitals within the Army Zone.The French Army has cited these Sections more than twenty times for distinguished services; has conferred the Croix de Guerre, for bravery, on sixty-six members of the Service, and upon two, the Me?daille Militaire, the highest honor for military valor in France."--From the American Ambulance Service Leaflet included in the book. 517 3 $aDiary of section 8 517 3 $aDiary of section eight 606 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$vPersonal narratives 615 0$aWorld War, 1914-1918 676 $a940.481 700 $aAnon$0815482 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910163348803321 996 $aDiary of section VIII$93584466 997 $aUNINA