In the Suq, they sell, make, or fix anything. It’s a good place to sit and talk in almost any language. One Arab rug merchant explained to me in Spanish that a man who speaks only one language is only worth one man, but a man who speaks two languages is worth ten men. However, he said a man who speaks three languages is as valuable as a whole platoon, and a man who speaks five languages is better than a whole army. Location: The Suq, Damascus, Syria.

AFS students and chaperones on the "Seven Seas", August 25, 1964

with his jeep ambulance, Burma, Kabaw Valley, 1944

William Wetmore (ME 26, FFC) serving with the Free French in North Africa trains two dogs, ca. 1943

Location: Presenzano.

German orderlies and an Italian Doctor, all prisoners of war, are helping the overworked British orderlies care for these wounded German and Italian prisoners of war. (Italy was still fighting on the side of the Germans at that time.) Earlier, during a rapid advance, we found the 12th LFA [Light Field Ambulances] had moved up even beyond the ill-defined front lines. It had been taken over by the Germans. The British Doctors and staff were still there caring for their patients. We left our patients there. The next day when we returned with more, we found it again under British control. The German and Italian doctors and staff were still working there. Experiences like the above with the British Army Medical Corps convinced me that I, too, wanted to be a doctor. It seemed to me that the Medical professions were sanely trying to put people back together while everyone else in that crazy war-torn war had gone mad ripping everything apart. My Decision to Become a Doctor I applied in the summer of 1943 and was lucky to be admitted to Harvard Medical School when I got home 9 months later. Location: 12th LFA [Light Field Ambulances] near El Hamma, Tunisia

…of the wreaths on the statue of Washington and Lafayette on the Place des Etats-Unis at the 1st Decoration Day for ... Americans who have died for France - May 30, 1916