From AFS to the Lafayette Escadrille
After a recent renovation, the Lafayette Escadrille Memorial was rededicated on April 20, 2016 in the presence of dignitaries from…
AFS Archives
AFS Janus: Spring 2016 Issue
The Spring 2016 issue of the AFS Janus magazine is now available online! This issue features The Enduring Legacy of Richard…
My Grandfather, the Pacifist
Conrad Wilson, a Quaker and conscientious objector, volunteered as an ambulance driver with the American Field Service in 1944. He…
Bunny Hop, 1954
The photograph above shows Americans Abroad Summer Program participants doing the Bunny Hop at a ball in West Berlin in…
Obstacle Dodging, 1917
During World War I, many AFS ambulance drivers went to the May-en-Multien training camp, which was created to train incoming…
Makeshift Christmas Tree, 1942
The photograph depicted above shows AFS unit ME 32 celebrating Christmas aboard the S.S. El Nil, an Egyptian ship, on…
AFS Janus: Fall 2015 Issue
The Fall 2015 issue of the AFS Janus magazine is now available online! In honor of the AFS Centennial and the significant…
View from the Ponte Vecchio, 1945
The photograph depicted above shows an American Field Service (AFS) ambulance driver looking at ruins in Florence, Italy from the…
Khaki the Dog, 1915
Joshua Gabriel Baker Campbell enlisted with the transportation units at the American Ambulance Hospital in 1914, with a group that…