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An American Ambulance Driver’s Experiences in the First World War

An American Ambulance Driver’s Experiences in the First World War

Gerald D. Swick November 11, 2018 Once, in America history blog2 Comments

An ambulance driver in the First World War, novelist Henry Sydnor Harrison tells of what he saw at the Second Battle of Ypes in an interview shortly after his return to the States.

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S-S-S-Smokin’! The long, sometimes humorous, debate over tobacco

Gerald D. Swick October 7, 2018 Once, in America history blog2 Comments

Tobacco use has a long and checkered history filled with legends of heroism, health warnings, and sometimes humor.

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‘Jeep Disease’ and ‘Destroyer Stomach’

Gerald D. Swick July 20, 2018 Once, in America history blogLeave a comment

‘Jeep disease’ and ‘destroyer stomach’ were new terms explained to the Southern Medical Society by Army and Navy doctors in 1943.

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