Karl Bretzfelder papers, 1916-1919.

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Karl Bretzfelder papers, 1916-1919.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50133627

Contains the following types of materials: memoirs, diary / journal. Contains information pertaining to the following war: WWI. Contains information pertaining to the following military units: 11th, 106th (23rd New York National Guard), 109th (1st Pennsylvania), 110th, 127th, 165th, 166th, 167th, 168th, and 357th Infantry Regiments; 120th and 146th Machine Gun Battalions; 16th, 137th, and 146th Field Arillery Regiments; 3rd Ammunition Train; 301st Engineer Regiment; 361st Motor Transport Company; 67th Marine Company and 5th Marine Regiment. General description of the collection: The Karl Bretzfelder papers include Bretzfelder's diary, April 6, 1917-July 25, 1919. Journal entries begin in detail when he was called to active duty (June 6, 1918) and continue until he was mustered out of service (July 25, 1919). They offer much insight into his personal and official activities primarily while in France, also briefly while in the United States, Great Britain, and while crossing the ocean. A few miscellaneous papers are also available. While serving with the 48th in France, Bretzfelder persuaded several patients in his ward to write recollections of their military service; a volume containing fourteen of these reminiscences is on hand. Most of these men entered service during WWI, but a few served on the Mexican Border in 1916, and they touch upon their service there, too. These men belonged to the aforementioned military units.

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Bretzfelder, Karl B.

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Karl Bretzfelder was a United States (U.S.) Army soldier who served in World War I (WWI). He was a 1st lieutenant with the Medical Officers Reserve Corps. Afterwards, he served with the Medical Corps and was assigned to Base Hospital No. 48. He was also with the Medical Detachment at the Alpine Leave Area in Chamonix and finally to Camp Hospital No. 76. From the description of Karl Bretzfelder papers, 1916-1919. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 50133627 ...

United States. Army. Base Hospital No. 30

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Base Hospital 19 began in 1916, when 11 Rochester area physicians formed a unit of the Medical Corps Reserve. By 1917, when the unit was mobilized, 134 doctors, nurses and enlisted men from the Rochester area were ready. The unit reached Vichy, France, in June 1918, and established Base Hospital No. 19, a 2,000 bed facility. The hospital served over 11,000 patients during the 6 months it operated. Base Hospital 19 was closed in February of 1919, and its members discharged in early May. ...