A new exhibition honors AFS volunteer efforts during WWI
New York and New Yorkers in World War I is a new exhibition at the New York State Capitol that honors men and women from New York who served in World…
AFS Archives
AFS Janus: Spring 2017 Issue
This issue of the AFS Janus introduces a new “AFS in Action” column, which highlights a few of the many exciting evetns and projects from around the AFS Network. We…
AFS Janus: Fall 2016 Issue
This issue of the AFS Janus features the fascinating story of Julian Allen and his long involvement with AFS, from the first year of the organization’s existence in World War…
Presidential Election on the S.S. Waterman, 1968
AFS Participants simulated the 1968 U.S. presidential elections aboard the S.S. Waterman on their way back to Europe after spending a year in the U.S. in July 1968. After selecting…
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…
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,”…
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…
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…
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…