Mr Winant and US ambulance driver, Buckingham Palace
Mar. 22 THE QUEEN INSPECTS AMERICAN AMBULANCE DRIVERS IN GREAT BRITAIN. PASSED BY CENSOR. THE AMERICAN AMBULANCE CELEBRATED ITS THIRD SIXTH-DAY (22ND JUNE 1943) WHEN THE QUEEN INSPECTED ITS DRIVERS IN THE COURTYARD OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE. MR. GILBERT H. CARR, NOW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE ORGANISATION, AND A NUMBER OF BUSINESS MEN IN LONDON RAISED THE SUM OF 140, 000 TO FOUND THIS MAGNIFICENT SERVICE. SINCE THEN ITS VEHICLES, NOW A FAMILIAR SIGHT IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, HAVE TRAVELLED OVER 7 1/4 MILLION MILES, AND CARRIED MORE THAN 360, 000 PATIENTS. KEYSTONE PHOTO SHOWS:- MR. WINANT TALKS TO ONE OF THE U.S. AMBULANCE DRIVERS AT THE PALACE
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