hist3891 Posted August 31, 2020 Share #1 Posted August 31, 2020 Hi, I was recently researching a World War I soldier who served in Company I of the 307th Infantry. In the printed excerpts of a letter dated 28 August 1918, he writes "My work now is with a doctor. I drive a two-wheeled cart and take care of his saddle horse. I now wear red cross on my arm." Another soldier calls the same vehicle "a two-wheeled cart of the Red Cross, but not an ambulance." Does anyone know if this was a specialized vehicle attached to the company medical personnel? If some one has pictures, I would very much like to see them. -hist3891 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted September 1, 2020 Share #2 Posted September 1, 2020 Here's mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hist3891 Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted September 1, 2020 Hi Robinb, Thank you for posting those great pictures! I actually had this stretcher on wheels in mind when I first read the article. I have seen a Signal Corps photo of one in use (33rd Division troops, I think), but these are the first pictures of a surviving example that I have seen. I was just wondering if the regimental medical detachment might not have also had something similar to the little horse drawn carts that the machine gun units used. I don't know that I would describe myself as "driving" a wheeled stretcher. -hist3891 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backtheattack Posted October 25, 2020 Share #4 Posted October 25, 2020 Great pics of this cart, thank`s for posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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