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Members of the Yale Unit Mobile Hospital, France, 1918

Members of the Yale Unit Mobile Hospital, France, 1918
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Maine Historical Society

Prior to American involvement in WWI, men and women joined the war effort, specifically in relief or medical capacities. Mobile Hospital No. 39, also known as the Yale Unit Mobile Hospital, was established in 1916 by Dr. Joseph Marshall Flint, professor of surgery at the Yale School of Medicine. The mobile hospital was staffed by Yale medical faculty and students and was funded by the Yale Corporation.

Dr. Joseph Flint, pictured at center, was originally from Connecticut, but retired to Seal Harbor, Maine. The photograph also includes Dr. Albion H. Little of Portland. Dr. Little (front row, third from the right) was a Captain with the Yale Unit, specializing in ophthalmology.

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