A new exhibition honors AFS volunteer efforts during WWI

By Milena Miladinovic
via the afs.org web site

A convoy of chassis, which would serve as the base for new ambulances in France in 1915.New York and New Yorkers in World War I is a new exhibition at the New York State Capitol that honors men and women from New York who served in World War I, including ambulance drivers who saved lives along the front lines of battle.

The current iteration of the exhibit shares the story of four of the 437 New Yorkers who volunteered with the American Ambulance Hospital and the American Field Service, a humanitarian organization that has evolved into the present-day intercultural education organization, AFS Intercultural Programs.

Between 1914 and 1917, AFS volunteers evacuated 500,000 casualties near the front lines in France, Belgium, and the Balkans, and drove trucks to the front with needed supplies.

After entering the war, the United States military absorbed the AFS ambulance and camion units into their ranks by the end of 1917.

Read the entire article on the American Field Service web site here.

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