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AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

Edward J. Kelley, 1916

On the evening of September 23, 1916, AFS volunteer ambulance driver Roswell Sanders took Edward J. Kelley, a newly-arrived volunteer, out on the road near Verdun, France. Verdun was the…

Aug16
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

Marsh’s Marauders, 1945

This photograph shows AFS volunteer William Boardman Kinter waiting on the Kalaw Staircase for casualties in Burma in 1945. Kinter and his AFS friends referred to themselves as “Marsh’s Marauders,”…

Richard N. Hall, undated. – Copy
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

The Enduring Legacy of Richard Nelville Hall

Richard Nelville Hall volunteered for AFS immediately after graduating from Dartmouth College in 1915. In a letter to his parents, he stated that “the greatest inducement to going over [to…

June16IOM
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

AFSers at the Washington Monument, 1978

In 1978, the AFS students hosted in the United States converged on the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. the day before their Departure Day. More than 1,000 students, chaperones, and…

IOM_May16
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

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 France and the United States. The famed Escadrille Américaine (Lafayette…

Outside Moosch hospital
AFS Archives, AFS Janus, History

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 Nelville Hall, the first AFS ambulance driver to be killed…

Peter Melitz, Allen Emmert, Conrad Wilson of B Platton, 485 Coy in italy. Photograph by Irving Penn. Ca. 1944-45
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

My Grandfather, the Pacifist

Conrad Wilson, a Quaker and conscientious objector, volunteered as an ambulance driver with the American Field Service in 1944. He spent months on the Italian front with 485 Company, and…

Bunny Hop
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

Bunny Hop, 1954

The photograph above shows Americans Abroad Summer Program participants doing the Bunny Hop at a ball in West Berlin in 1954. The ball was held in the cafeteria at the…

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AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

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 volunteers to handle and maneuver the ambulances (including dodging obstacles),…

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