The Doughboy Foundation’s mission is to keep the story of "the War that Changed the World" in the minds of all Americans, so that the 4.7 million who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during WWI will never again be relegated to the mists of obscurity.
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The Doughboy Foundation’s mission is to keep the story of "the War that Changed the World" in the minds of all Americans, so that the 4.7 million who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during WWI will never again be relegated to the mists of obscurity.
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U.S. Army 331st Field Hospital
The 331st Field Hospital accompanied the 332nd Infantry Regiment throughout the Italian Campaign
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U.S. Army Base Hospital No. 102
Vicenza, Italy
World War I - U.S. Army Base Hospital No. 102: Nurses, Officers & Sisters in Courtyard of the Hospital (formerly the Rossi Industrial School), Vicenza, Italy
When the United States entered World War I in April of 1917, hospitals served by the Daughters of Charity were quick to join the war effort. Along with about 100 nurses recruited from Daughters’ hospitals nationwide, ten sisters went off to serve in the American Expeditionary Forces. These Daughters, from what was then the Western Province centered in St. Louis, were under the leadership of Sister Chrysostom Moynahan, Chief Nurse. Together with the civilian nurses and U.S. Army doctors and nurses, they formed the staff of Base Hospital #102 in Vicenza, Italy, the hospital unit operating closest to the nearby Italian Front. Called the Loyola Unit, the group had been formed by Dr. Joseph A. Danna of Loyola University Medical School in New Orleans and an Italian-born U.S. citizen. Base Hospital #102 was attached to the Italian Army treating its soldiers but it, also, received injured or sick men from the 332nd Regiment from Ohio, the other U.S. military units and those of the Allies.
For more information about the U.S. Army Base Hospital No. 102, visit the following sites:
Digital Exhibit: Daughters of Charity in the First World War (February 6, 2015)
Records of Daughters of Charity Service in World War I, RG 7-5-6
American Women in World War I: Sister Chrysostom Moynahan: AEF chief nurse buried with military honors.
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U.S. Army Ambulance Service
There were 15 Units of the U.S. Army Ambulance Service assigned to the Italian Army but ambulances from Units 526, 532 and 587 served the 332nd Infantry Regiment during the Italian Campaign. While the 2nd Battalion of the 332nd U.S. Infantry Regiment was on dutiy at Cattaro, Dalmatia, on the boundary of Montenegro, from November 1918 to April 1919, it was served by the "Balkan Contingent", a select group of ambulance drivers and mechanics from the Italian Contingent of the U.S. Army Ambulance Service .
More at: The History of the United States Army Ambulance Service 1917-1918-1919: SERVICE IN ITALY
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U.S. Army Air Service
Pilots of the U.S. Army Air Service assigned to Italy in WWI were under the command of Captain Fiorello LaGuardia and trained at the Italian facilities near Foggia, Italy.
Click on the links to read about U.S. Army "Foggiani" pilots 1st Lt. DeWitt Coleman and 1st Lt. James Bahl who were Killed-in-Action while engaging the enemy during the Battle of Vittorio-Veneto. They were posthumously decorated with Italy's two highest military medals:the Medaglia d'Oro al Valor Militare and Medaglia d'Argento al Valor Vilitare, respectively.
More about the U.S, Army Air Service in WWI Italy
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U.S. Navy Aviation
Read about U.S. Navy aviation in Italy during WWI in the article Documenting the First Modern War 100 Years Ago on the U.S. World War One Centennial Commission's website.
More about U.S. Navy aviation in WWI Italy is at U.S. Naval Air Stations: Italy
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American Y.M.C.A.
Read about the American Y.M.C.A. service in WWI Italy at: Summary of World War work of the American Y.M.C.A. — With the Italian Army
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American Red Cross
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United States Military Mission to Italy
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