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CROOP (Capt. J. Elmer, MD, MC, USA)
Twenty Months with the British Army: A Personal Narrative by an American Medical Officer, of the Mud, the Blood, the Filth & Furious Fighting of Flanders. How the Author Won a Captaincy & the Coveted War Cross, With Which He Was Personally Invested by King George of England.
1st Ed., 136pp., portrait frontis, & another portrait (leaving Buckingham Palace after MC investiture). Erie, PA; No imprint/date (presumed privately published, c.1920s).
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J. Elmer Croop was one of a number of American (MORC) Medical Officers who volunteered to serve with the BEF when there wa a shortage of doctors. He embarked for England in August 1917 at New York, was posted to the 57th Fd. Ambulance near Ypres in November, then to the 8th Glosters as RMO for most of 1918. Interesting, detailed & very rare account of his active service. Later (1958) author signature on last leaf. Orig. apple green cloth, titled in black to front board, VG. See illustration on our website.
£145
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