Tucker, Spencer C.2019-10-112019-10-1120012001https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/33652In the years between the onset of World War I and the entry of the United States into that conflict, nearly two thousand young Americans volunteered to drive ambulances for the French and British medical services. They initially gravitated to the American Hospital in Paris but went on to form several independent organizations. They brought a unique combination of technical ability, organizational skill, and altruism to their effort. By 1917 this dedicated group of unpaid amateurs had created a medical transportation service superior in almost every way to the government sponsored professional services of the Western Front combatants. In so doing, they introduced Western Europe to American talents that brought the United States world economic, cultural, and military dominance by the end of the twentieth century.vii, 336 leaves : illustrations, mapsFormat: PrintengAmerican Field Service--HistoryWorld War, 1914-1918--Medical care--FranceWorld War, 1914-1918--Medical care--United StatesAmbulance drivers--United States--HistoryTransport of sick and wounded--HistoryWorld War, 1914-1918--Hospitals--FranceTextMain Stacks: AS38 .M3985 (Regular Loan)Main Stacks: AS38 .M3985 (Non-Circulating)