Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 14, Number 42, DeMotte, Jasper County, 1 September 1944 — First American Ambulance Train in France [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

First American Ambulance Train in France

Transferring patients from ambulances to the first hospital trains to be operated in France by the Ameri* can army. The train runs from Lison to Cherbourg and is made up of box cars left behind by the Germans. Insert shows eloseup of wounded being loaded on train. Photo by telephoto. The box cars were completely overhauled to provide all equipment necessary to handle the wounded while they were being transferred to base hospital at Cherbourg. During the last war the U. S. army operated several base hospitals in France, using existing facilities or converting other buildings.