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 their trips overseas during World War II. Behind a man…
History
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 contributions made by AFS during World War I, we highlight…
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 Ponte Vecchio bridge during World War II. The Germans destroyed…
Khaki the Dog, 1915
Joshua Gabriel Baker Campbell enlisted with the transportation units at the American Ambulance Hospital in 1914, with a group that would later be renamed Section Sanitaire Etats-Unis (SSU) 1 of…
Belt of a Thousand Stitches, 1944
Thomas M. Sawyer was teaching English at a school in Honolulu, Hawaii, when Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. After discovering he could not enlist with the U.S.…
World’s Fair, 1965
In July 1965, 140 AFS Participants visited the Bell Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair during their summer bus trip. The New York World’s Fair was held at Flushing…
AFS Diploma, 1917
The item shown above is the diploma that was given to every volunteer who served in the American Field Service for a period of six months or more during World…
Martha Verdejo Bigliani, 1955
AFS Argentina is one of several AFS countries celebrating a 60th anniversary this year! AFS Argentina sent its first six students, including Martha Verdejo Bigliani, to the United States in…
Evacuation of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, 1945
Evacuation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. RG2/030, Charles H. Horton Collection. Courtesy of the Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs (AFS Archives.) This photograph cannot be…