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ME32 Christmas aboard the El Nil, 1942
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

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…

Cover, Janus
AFS Archives, AFS Janus, 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
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

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…

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AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

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…

Sawyer
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

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.…

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AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

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…

Pattison
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

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
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

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…

Copy of C Platoon ambulance, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, 1945. Refugees operating a human laundry to clean up camp inmates. Photograph by Ford
AFS Archives, Archival Spotlight, History

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…

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