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Friends of France : $b The Field Service of the American Ambulance described by its members
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American Field Service; World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American
I have had the opportunity daily for seven months to see at work the
American Automobile Sanitary Section No. 3, which has been at the
disposal of the 66th Division for nearly a year past. The Section
has had to operate constantly in a district where the roads are
particularly bad. It has had on many occasions to work day and night
under the greatest possible strain, due to the fact that successive
fierce actions have necessitated a large number of removals in a few
days.
Under all conditions one and all have done their duty--and more than
their duty--with an absolute disregard of danger, with a touching
simplicity, with an imperturbable sang-froid equalled only by the
absolutely single-hearted zeal with which they have unwearyingly given
their assistance.
The death of one driver, killed at his post, the severe wound of
another driver received in the course of his service, bear even more
eloquent witness than the _citations_ in the orders of the day awarded
to the Section and to a large number of its members, to the way in
which they have understood their duties and striven to fulfil them.
At the moment when this Section, so ably led by you and by Lieutenant
Lovering Hill is about to leave the Division for another field of
operation, I have it at heart to offer to you all, in the name of all
our wounded and sick, my warmest thanks for the truly admirable way in
which you have done your work.
(_Signed_) GEORGES
_121st Division_
_S. P. 76_
Le Médecin Aide-Major de 1{ère} Classe Rocher, Médecin-Chef du G.
B. D.
à Monsieur le Lieutenant Commandant la S. S. A. A. N{o} 7.
J'ai l'honneur de vous faire connaître que pendant toute la durée
du dernier bombardement dans le secteur de Vic-Fontenoy, la Section
Sanitaire Automobile Américaine N{o} 1 a assuré le service souvent
périlleux de l'évacuation des blessés avec sang-froid, zèle et
dévouement. Tous vos conducteurs sont dignes d'éloge, et je signale
particulièrement à votre attention le conducteur Woolverton, qui,
malgré le bombardement très rapproché de sa voiture, a continué son
service avec la plus belle assurance.
(Signé) DR. ROCHER
[TRANSLATION]
_121st Division_
_S. P. 76_
ROCHER, Assistant Physician of the 1st Class, Physician-in-Chief
of the G. B. D.
to MONSIEUR THE LIEUTENANT commanding the S. S. A. A. No. 7.
I have the honor to inform you that throughout the last bombardment in
the sector of Vic-Fontenoy, the American Automobile Sanitary Section
No. 1 safeguarded the often very hazardous process of removing the
wounded, with coolness, zeal, and devotion. All your drivers are
deserving of praise, and I call particularly to your attention Driver
Woolverton, who, notwithstanding the bombardment very near his car,
continued his service with the most splendid self-possession.
(_Signed_) DR. ROCHER
_Direction de l'Arrière_
_Service Automobile_
_Inspection Permanente
des
Régions de l'Est_
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