A Grateful Heart

The History of a World War I Field Hospital

Michael E. Shay (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2001
Praeger Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-0-313-31911-2 (ISBN)

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Shay looks at the crucial yet unheralded role played by support troops in World War I, in particular those in the medical branch. The unarmed men of the 103rd Field Hospital Company, 26th (Yankee) Division spent a year and a half in France performing their duty bravely under arduous conditions. The experiences of the men of the 103rd Field Hospital were undoubtedly shared by any member of a frontline field hospital. Based on nearly four years of research, including original archival material, he fills an important gap in the military history of World War I.

A Grateful Heart is a detailed account of the 103rd Field Hospital Company, 26th (Yankee) Division in World War I. All aspects of the company are examined. The book is more than a chronological narrative and it places the unit in the context of the larger role of the 26th Division. It features original maps and passenger lists showing the members of the unit who sailed to France in 1917 and who returned in 1919.

MICHAEL E. SHAY is a Superior Court Judge for the state of Connecticut./e He has had a lifelong interest in history and genealogy and is currently working on two nonfiction works about the Yankee Division. He has lectured from time to time on Family Law.

Preface
"Let's Go!"--The Yankee Division Gears Up
Camp Life--Mud, Disease, and Accident
First Taste--In and Out of Line (Chemin des Dames Sector)
A Front All Their Own (Toul Sector)
Killing Fields (Aisne-Marne Offensive)
Closing the Gap (St. Mihiel)
The Tough Get Going (Troyon Sector)
The Final Push (Meuse-Argonne)
A Little Piece of Me--Going Home
Appendix I: Division Medical Organization Table
Appendix II: Collection and Evacuation of Wounded
Appendix III: Passenger List RMS Canada, September 16, 1917
Appendix IV: Enlisted Men Ready to Sail, April 1, 1919
Appendix V: Sick Call (Treatment of Disease)
Appendix VI: Sick Call (Treatment of Wounds)
Appendix VII: Call to Quarters
Appendix VIII: Assembly
Index (Persons)
Index (General)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.11.2001
Reihe/Serie	Contributions in Military Studies
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	624 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-313-31911-1 / 0313319111
ISBN-13	978-0-313-31911-2 / 9780313319112
Zustand	Neuware