George Rock
History of the American Field Service
1920-1955

 

ILLUSTRATIONS

 
Stephen Galatti, Director General, American Field Service
photo: M.J. Dain

 
Blérancourt, 11 September 1938: Ambassador Bullitt, Mrs. Vanderbilt, and M. Zay in front of the bust of A. Piatt Andrew
photo: World Wide Photos

 
Hunk O'Tin
photo: World Wide Photos

 
France 1940: Lovering Hill, William Henry Wallace, Jr., J.W. Brant, Stuart Benson, Roswell Sanders, and Peter Muir with the SSU fanions

 
Gare de Lyon, 3 April 1940
photo: Acme Newspictures

 
On the retreat the roads were crowded
photo: Howard Hare Powel

 
An AFS ambulance in Amiens after the armistice

 
AFS unit, Nairobi, Kenya; B. Finney, the U.S. Consul, and W.B. Leeds

 
AFS unit, Free French: T.O. Greenough and C.N. Jefferys
photo: R.L. Stockton

 
British evacuation system
photo: E.J. Brennan

 
An ambulance could be made comfortable
photo: J.C. Cobb

 
Syria: Vaccinated Bedouin children
photo: J.C. Cobb

 
Food distribution to Alouites at Metna, near Latakia, April 1942
photo: A. McElwain

 
Flag-raising ceremony at Zahle, June 1942

 
Convoys could keep dispersal distances while moving across the desert

 
Syrian desert
photo: J.C. Cobb

 
Approaching sandstorm
photo: L.B. Cuddy

 
Free French unit collecting casualty in the desert
photo: O.L. Carlson

 
British dressing station in the desert
photo: L.B. Cuddy

 
Blankets folded, ready for the day's work
photo: L.B. Cuddy

 
Relaxation at a baseball game between 11 and 15 Companies

 
At home at an RAP
photo: L.B. Cuddy

 
Camp outside Gabes

 
Activity in the distance
photo: L.B. Cuddy

 
Tripoli leaguer
photo: H.C. White

 
Evacuation to planes

 
Evacuation to ships, Tripoli
photo: George Holton
  Colonel Ralph S. Richmond, Overseas Commander
photo: M.D. Wright

 
Italy: Maintenance could also be done in the street
photo: A.T. Brown

 
Chiferno Valley, south of Cassino
photo: George Holton

 
No casualties reported

 
Camouflaged Polish dressing station, Chiferno Valley
photo: George Holton

 
Ship evacuation, Anzio
photo: George Holton

 
Lanciano
photo: H. Larner

 
Skipton ADS, just north of the Gargliano
photo: L.M. Purnell

 
Looking north to San Marino
photo: J.P. Brinton III

 
Crossing the Montone, 16 November 1944
photo: W.S. Prince

 
Sillato Valley, 8th Indian Division MDS
photo: J.P. Brinton III

 
Four wheel drive was not always enough
photo: George Holton

 
Looking south from San Piero in Bagno
photo: J.P. Brinton III

 
Evacuation from Lake Commacchio
photo: J.P. Brinton III

 
Crossing the Po
photo: J.P. Brinton III

 
Convoy crossing the Apennines
photo: C.F.Zeigler

 
Disembarkation, Marseille, April 1945
photo: C.F.Zeigler

The dead were buried in pits at Belsen..
photo: C.F.Zeigler

 
...and the camp was burned
photo: C.F.Zeigler
  Training scheme, 1 MAS, India
photo: W.K. Du Val

 
Monsoon, Dimapur, 3 MAS
photo: J.B. Ferguson

 
Ambulance and tanks advancing together along the Tiddim Road

 
Encampment near the Chindwin, 3 MAS
photo: J.B. Ferguson

 
Campsite, somewhere in Burma

 
Col.J.H. Williams' Elephant Co. No. 1, Tamu Road

 
Home for the night, B platoon in Burma

 
Picnic on the Tamu Road

 
Neil M. Gilliam

 
Chaung-crossing north of Sinthe
photo: D.C. Morrill

 
Jeep ambulance in the Kabaw Valley

 
Stopping at a farmhouse, east of Mulhouse
photo: L.B. Cuddy

 
First AFS ambulance into Germany, crossing at Lauterbourg
photo: L.B. Cuddy

 
Passing through the barrier at deserted Fessenheim

 
First AFS ambulance across the Rhine, at Speyer
photo: A.D. Brirey, Jr.

 
AFS cars from France and Italy meet in the Brenner Pass
photo: L.B. Cuddy

 
The Victory Parade, London, 9 June 1946
photo: Eric Denise Garrott, IAPR

 
Stephen Galatti and students in Milwaukee
photo: Milwaukee Journal Photo

 
Hospitality for a bus trip, New Carlisle, Indiana

 
Welcome in Amsterdam
photo: George Holton

 
Paris
photo: George Holton

 
AFS group meeting German President Theodor Heuss
photo: Associated Press G.m.b.H.

 
President Eisenhower greets AFS students in the Rose Garden of the White House, July, 1955

 
Stephen Galatti and students in Milwaukee
photo: Milwaukee Journal Photo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAPS

 

 

 

 

A.F.S.---Syrian and Desert Campaign
1941-1943

A.F.S.---France-Germany
1939-40 ---1944-45

 
A.F.S. Burma Campaign

 
A.F.S. Italian Campaign


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