The 102nd ambulance company in World War I : "Bridgeport's Own" serves the Yankee Division, 1917-1919 /

"During the carnage of World War I, ambulance companies were essential, carrying casualties off the battlefield on litters, dressing wounds, and rushing the wounded to the rear, often amid intense fire and poison gas. As part of the 26th "Yankee" Division-the first full American divis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	German, Andrew W., 1950- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2023]
Subjects:	United States. > Army. > Ambulance Company, 102nd. World War, 1914-1918 > Regimental histories > United States. United States. > Army. > Division, 26th. World War, 1914-1918 > Medical care > France. Barlow, Leslie R., > 1886-1940 > Diaries. Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Histoire des unités > États-Unis. Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Soins médicaux > France.

Table of Contents:

Developing an Ambulance Service
Forming the 102nd Ambulance Company : March-September 1917
To France : October 1917
A Winter of Training : November 1917-January 1918
Under Fire on the Chemin des Dames : February-March 1918
Running Dead Man's Curve : April-June 1918
Forward from Belleau : July 1918
Off the Line : August 1918
Luggin' Litters on the Edge of the Woëvre : September-October 1918
A Bloody Business on the Heights of the Meuse : October-November 1918
Ready to Go Home : November 1918-April 1919.