The Archive · 1940

Paris, Mi 17

Eight more American Ambulance drivers arrived yesterd: from the United States and received a hearty welcome at the railway station.

The new arrivals will depart soon for the front as members of the newly organized Benjamin Franklin section of the Americ: Volunteer Ambulance Corps.

The Myron Herrick and John J. Pershing sections of the corps, named for the American Ambassador at Paris during the World War and the commander of the American Expeditionary Force of 1917-18, are already at the front. Five of their ambulances have been struck by German fire, according to reports reaching Paris.—United Press.

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