Ward Chamberlin was born August 4 ... but a mild case of polio sent him to the hospital instead. After his convalescence he was given orders for one year of desk duty, but he surreptitiously ...

A festive ward at Camp Hospital №33, in Brest, Finistere, France, December 1918. Courtesy of the Army Medical Department Center of History and Heritage. As a German plane buzzed overhead ...