Personal Narrative Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Orville F. Rogers Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1914-1918
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Medical Corps
- Location of Service: France; Texas
- Highest Rank: Major
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/27880
The diary of Orville Rogers illuminates a little-documented chapter in America's involvement in World War I. In 1915, three years out of Harvard Medical School, Rogers volunteered to serve a three-month stint with the Harvard Medical Unit in Paris. Between April and July he served as a member of the Army's Medical Corps at the American Ambulance Hospital, founded when the war broke out in 1914. He charted how the French were good hosts and hopeful that America would join the war. After the May 7 sinking of the Lusitania, which failed to bring the U.S. into the fighting, the French remained hospitable to him but turned sour toward the American government. Rogers paid several visits to former battlefields and was astonished at the evidence of killing on an unimaginable scale.
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About this Item
Title
- Orville F. Rogers Collection
Names
- Lugar, Richard
- Rogers, Orville F.
- U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar
Headings
- - Rogers, Orville F.
- - World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Status
- veteran
Service History
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World War, 1914-1918
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Medical Corps
- Location of Service: France; Texas
- Highest Rank: Major
- Dates of Service: 1915-1919
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Manuscript: Clippings [1 item] -- (collected 1976-07-29)
- Manuscript: Diaries and journals [1 item] -- (collected 1915-03-17-1915-07-14)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/27880
Cite as
- Orville F. Rogers Collection (AFC/2001/001/27880), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image