WWI, Hospital Train, 1918
Carrying wounded men aboard a hospital train at Hareville, April 27, 1918 U.S. Signal Corps photo. Hospital trains began historically as troop trains, whose passengers were restricted to the wounded and dying. These trains had little or nothing in terms of medical facilities, but nurses traveled with the wounded, and the carriages of the trains were painted with red crosses, indicating their humanitarian role, to prevent enemy attack
Picture No
10978107
Media ID
47618205
Size
3900px x 3180px
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Credit
© Science Source / Mary Evans~~
Source
Science Source
Date
1918
