THIS BOOK HAS BEEN SOLD
BELLEVUE
IN FRANCE:
ANECDOTAL HISTORY OF BASE HOSPITAL NO. 1
Ann Tjomsland, MD
Froben Press, NY, 1941. VG,
1st edition. Dark blue boards with faded gilt lettering on spine. 251 pp.
A history of Bellevue hospital, from its founding in New York in 1815,
through its service in Vichy, France, during WWI. Also includes a history
of Evacuation Hospital #8 northeast of Souilly, during the St Mihiel and
Argonne offensives. Maps, drawings, many photographs, poems & songs,
complete rosters of hospital personnel, and a long section of anecdotes
about individual wounded soldiers in their wards. Several anecdotes concern
individual Marines, and there are several photographs of Marines recuperating
on the hospital grounds. Bellevue received casualties from Belleau Wood,
Chateau Thierry, Soissons, St Mihiel and the Argonne, among other battles.
Out of Print.
$75.00
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