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This memo officially appointed E. Emmet Reid as a Chemist at the American University Experiment Station in Washington, DC.

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.
The Médaille de la…

French name for the medal is Médaille de la Reconnaissance Française. It was a French honor medal created on 13 July 1917 and solely awarded to civilians to express gratitude by the French government to all those who, without legal or military…

In the summer of 1917, Adolf Meyer became involved in a new war-related initiative: psychiatric screening. Thomas Salmon had succeeded in convincing the US Army to screen recruits to exclude from the military those who might be most susceptible to…