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World War I marked the first US aerial combat operations, and a time of rapid innovation and development in the field of wartime aviation. This poster captures the spirit of adventure associated with the Air Service.

From February 1916 to December 1917, Alice Fitzgerald (class of 1906) was the Edith Cavell Memorial Nurse sponsored by a Massachusetts chapter of the American Red Cross to serve with the British Expeditionary Forces Nursing Service Reserve at…

Rectangular bronze medal with bas-relief on front with a Red Cross nurse walking beside a blinded and wounded soldier and aiding him along as he leans on a stick; decorated above with fronds of ivy -symbol of fidelity and attachment -and the shield…

This cartoon “by a fellow officer” pokes fun at Hugh Hampton Young’s inspection work. Young is pictured riding a horse with two medical assistants in tow. While battle rages in the background, Young is gallantly leading the assistants to treat…

Photograph shows Ingeborg Steen Hansen and St. Clair Livingston who were nurses in Serbia during World War I. The medals they wear were awarded to them by King Peter of Serbia.

Album Includes sketches of wartime and soldiers, by P. Revelard, M. Boux, S. Lemaire, Arthur Vertommeu, and others, notes from doctors, nurses, and soldiers, impressions of war, and photos.

After her 1914-1915 service with the Red Cross Mercy Ship expedition in Pau, Alice Henderson remained in France serving with the American Fund for the French Wounded for which she was awarded service and recognition medals.
This particular medal is…

Isaiah Bowman kept a diary during his time in Europe, in which he describes many meetings with fellow geographers and conference participants to determine postwar national boundaries.

Under the leadership of Clara Noyes, 1896 graduate of the Johns Hopkins Training School for Nurses, the Red Cross enrolled nearly 24,000 nurses during the war. They served on active duty in the Army, Navy, U.S. Public Health Service, with the Red…