American Volunteers in Bois-le-Prêtre
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American Volunteers in Bois-le-Prêtre |
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| At the begining of the WW1, young American
students came to Europe and take part in military medical [called "sanitary
" at the time] operations as ambulance drivers. Sanitary Section Number 2 (SSU2) was based for 10 months in the town of Pont-à-Mousson , from April 1915 to January 1916. In 1915, they evacuated the wounded soldiers of Bois-le-Prêtre . |
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The leader of section 2 |
Edward Van D. Salisbury |
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The drivers H.Q. was established in a building which
presently houses social administration offices of Pont-à-Mousson 53, avenue Patton. (General Patton Avenue) |
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| Watching an aerial fight from the garden | Garden of "Les Glycines" ( SSU2 HQ) | |
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Messages and Military
Citations
Texts written by SSU 2 volunteers Other texts written by volunteers (Emery Pottle et Henry Sheahan par Charles François) |
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Ambulance to the "Poste de secours" at Montauville |
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American Ambulance with french soldiers at Dieulouard ( 6 miles South Pont à mousson) |
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Inauguration of the fountain remembering the american volunters on the Square of the city Pont à Mousson (1931 ?) |
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Bibliography |
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| Friends of France: The Field Service of the American Ambulance described by its members | Many Authors but also some volunters of Pont-à-Mousson, Emery Pottle, Carlyle H. Holt ... | Boston,Houghton Mifflin,1916 |
| A volunter Poilu | Henry Sheahan | Boston,Houghton Mifflin,1916 |
| Gentlemen Volunteers | Arlen J. Hansen | New York, Arcade 1996 |
| Les ambulanciers américains volontaires au Bois-le-Prêtre, en 1915 | Charles François | Pont-à-Mousson |
About
the part of the american volunteers see on internet
Alan Albright's site ftp://ftp.win.net/winnet/pelerin/AFS/2-GreatWar/start.htm
or Kansas university site on http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/~libsite/wwi-www/FriendsFrance/ffTC.htm
This site gives a lot of informations and the text of the book Friends of France (up bibliography)
See also http://raven.cc.ukans.edu/~libsite/wwi-www/AmerVolunters/MorseTC.htm
