Papers regarding the American Red Cross Ambulance Unit in Bassano, Italy, 1918-1987.

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Papers regarding the American Red Cross Ambulance Unit in Bassano, Italy, 1918-1987.

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Material describes experiences of Charles William Eliot on the Italian Front in World War I. Includes typescript of an English version of Americani sul grappa, a book about the American Red Cross ambulance service in Italy and correspondence discussing the publication of an English edition. Contains memoirs of fellow ambulance drivers and Eliot's original letters to his family from the Italian front, 1918. Includes a photograph of a 1919 reunion of Harvard drivers.

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Harvard University Archives.

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