West, Alfred H.
survey sheet - handwritten

 

 

On front of survey sheet (recto):

Date of Enlistment: June 23/[19]17
Military Camps to which went:
* U.S.A.A.S. [U.S. Army Ambulance Service] Camp at Allentown, Pa.
* Camp Devens, Mass.
Units to which belonged:
* U.S.A.A.S. Section 580
Date of trip overseas: January 9/[19]18
Service there:
* Aisne, May 27 to June 8/[19]18
* Champagne, July 15 to July 18/[19]18
* Meuse-Argonne, Sept 26 to Oct. 16/[19]18
* Oise-Aisne, Oct. 28 to Nov. 11/[19]18
Date of return: May 19/[19]19
Date of demobilization: May 23/[19]19
Honors received:
* One Section citation of the Croix de Guerre
(over)

On back of survey sheet (verso):

while with the 13th Div. and
* a letter of commendation while with the 74th Div.

 

 

NOTES
History of the United States Ambulance Service, 1917-1918-1919
Commemorative History, pub. by the U.S. Army Ambulance Service
Association
http://www.ourstory.info/library/2-ww1/Smucker/usaacTC.html

Camp Crane [allentown, PA] (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Crane

Camp Devens - World War 1 Cantonment - A.E.F. Training Center (GG
Archives)
http://www.gjenvick.com/Military/ArmyArchives/TrainingCenters/CampDevens/DescribedAndPhotographed/1918/index.html#axzz2gftHRm9c

Appendix C: Section Reviews, Service in France, continued (History of the
United States Ambulance Service, 1917-1918-1919 Commemorative History)
-- scroll down to Section 580
http://www.ourstory.info/library/2-ww1/Smucker/usaac09.html

Third Battle of the Aisne, 1918 (FirstWorldWar.com)
http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/aisne3.htm

Champagne-Marne Offensive, 15-18 July 1918 (HistoryofWar.org)
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_champagne_marne.html

Path of Fire: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive of 1918 (FirstWorldWar.com)
http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/pathoffire.htm

Aisne-Marne and Oise-Aisne Offensives (American Battle Monuments
Commission)
http://www.abmc.gov/publications/VisitorBrochures/AisneMarne_Brochure.pdf