AFS WWII Ambulance Drivers Last Post
John (Jack) H. Forté (CM 42) John (Jack) Henry Forté (1924-2022), a skilled athlete and student from Waban, Massachusetts, filled out a volunteer application at the American Field Service’s 8…
History
Honoring a Remarkable AFS Volunteer: Richard Bayly Winder
Memorial Day is observed in the United States on the last Monday in May to honor military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Originally known…
Remembering an Extraordinary Volunteer: Eugene Bullard
AFS has its roots in World War I, and for Black History Month we would like to feature an incredible figure from the War, Eugene Bullard. Black History Month is an…
Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Bergen-Belsen Liberation
This year’s 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was a rather different occasion from the one planned, due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, AFS deeply honors…
Richard M. Hunt, 1926-2020: AFS Volunteer, Historian and Philanthropist
“I like to think that the AFS intercultural education experience works in this way to make thousands of young people around the world become better and more understanding human beings,…
AFS Drivers on Leave: Cultural Experiences during World War II
The nature of the volunteer work done by the American Field Service volunteer ambulance corps is well documented in the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs. …
Walk Together, Talk Together
AFS Returnee Joan Salajan created this painting for AFS Director General Stephen Galatti for Christmas in 1955. Joan had recently traveled to Greece from the United States as an AFS…
Wartime Service in the Middle East
In honor of International Volunteer Day (December 5), we’re sharing the story of a World War II AFS ambulance driver who exemplifies the AFS volunteer spirit. Inspired by his wartime…
AFS Janus: Fall 2017
This issue of the AFS Janus epitomizes the very name of our publication: Janus, the ancient Roman god of beginnings and transitions. Janus is typically portrayed looking both backward to the…