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History

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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…

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…

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…

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…

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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…

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,…

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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…

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…

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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…

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