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CHAPIN (Dr. W.A.R.)
The Lost Legion: The Story of the Fifteen Hundred American Doctors Who Served with the B.E.F. in The Great War.
1st Ed., xi+408pp., portrait frontis. (the author), lge. fldg. group photo., 20 other photos. Springfield, Mass., Privately Printed for the Author.
1926
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Contains the author's personal experiences alongside a general account of the services of American doctors attached to the BEF during 1917-18 (when many were lent to British units at the Front), with much detail on the services of US doctors attached to British infantry battalions (inc. a number of personal accounts provided to the author), with a roll of those who so served, plus rolls of US doctors with several American Base Hospitals. Contains a large amount of interesting detail on the services of these doctors with various British (identified) units, notably 9th (S) Bn. Rifle Brigade, 9th (S) Bn. Royal Fusiliers, 11th Middlesex, &c, as well as various Field Ambulances & other medical units. Orig. red cloth, gilt to sp., signed by author plus circular letter from him explaining that he had printed 500 copies.
£125
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