US Army medic John Pavlik realized that war was serious business during his CONUS training https://t.co/IoHKsTJlqp pic.twitter.com/pgyT0GztPs
— sgabig (@sgabig) March 12, 2021
🎺🇺🇸 John Pavlik (2 Aug 1900-2 Feb 1991) #USArmy #WWI John enlisted with the Wisconsin National Guard at the age of 16. He served as an ambulance driver with the 32nd Red Arrow Division from 1917-1919https://t.co/XKB9EdUfjg pic.twitter.com/sNwhlOnRID
— sgabig (@sgabig) March 12, 2021
John Pavlik 's interview with @WisVetsMuseum points out that he preferred serving with motorized vs mule powered ambulances 🚑 🐎 https://t.co/OnPsxWudkJ
— sgabig (@sgabig) March 12, 2021
2LT Paul H Jarrett asserts that the US Army - reminiscent of Valley Forge - were poorly shod and troop's feet bled marching in the snow ❄️🥾🩸https://t.co/IoHKsTJlqp pic.twitter.com/zb3X9bL9nQ
— sgabig (@sgabig) March 12, 2021
🚑 Ambulance driver Fred Albert Wadsworth also points out that the US Army had substandard logistics in World War I and front line troops didn't have rationshttps://t.co/IoHKsTJlqp pic.twitter.com/j8XnO09J7e
— sgabig (@sgabig) March 16, 2021
US Army nurse Laura Frost Smith said she broke down crying the first day she was stationed in a amputee wardhttps://t.co/IoHKsTJlqp pic.twitter.com/gY965rtpIh
— sgabig (@sgabig) March 17, 2021
World War I US Army Supply sergeant Otto G. Hintermann relates the high casualty rates for the infantry in "The Great War: 1918"https://t.co/IoHKsTJlqp pic.twitter.com/eXuW94axUa
— sgabig (@sgabig) March 19, 2021
US Army Signal Corps Telephone Switchboard Operator Agnes Theriault Kiley discusses how sad she felt seeing injured troops on Armistice Dayhttps://t.co/IoHKsTJlqp pic.twitter.com/kl9dGCTi74
— sgabig (@sgabig) March 20, 2021
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