The Harvard Section, The History of American Field Service Section Three Volume One 1914-1915 is the first in a two-volume set detailing the history of the first American volunteer ambulance section to be directly attached to the French army in World War One. Volume One consists of 21 chapters and a biographical section, painstakingly researched and drawn from hundreds of previously unpublished private letters and diaries which were graciously provided by the descendants of the drivers. Richly illustrated with hundreds of never before published photographs, The Harvard Section is one of the most unique, precise, and detailed accounts of the volunteer American ambulance phenomenon that has been published in modern times. This massive history is divided into two halves. The first portion is a twenty-one chapter, illustrated narrative chronicling the creation of the Ambulance of the American Hospital of Paris, the genesis of its ambulance service and birth of what would become American Ambulance Field Section Number Three. From its beginnings as a small, hand-picked cadre of Ivy League gentlemen volunteers, The Harvard Section documents the arrival of the first Americans in reconquered Alsace in the spring of 1915 to the hell swept fury of the western front gone vertical in the mountains of the Vosges, and finally culminating in the death of the first American ambulance driver to give his life for France, Michigan native and Dartmouth graduate Richard N. Hall. The biographical portion of the book contains detailed, illustrated individual biographies of the volunteer drivers, the American Hospital Staff, and wealthy benefactors of the American Colony of Paris.
Hardcover Edition: The Harvard Section
The book is a large (9" x 12") harcover format of 700 pages and weighing nearly 9 pounds. Profusely illustrated on high quality paper.
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