7th Mobile Veterinary Section WW1

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7th Mobile Veterinary Section WW1

Above picture description: Taking horses through Liney for veterinary treatment. Lieut. John R. Morse in charge. Mobile Veterinary Section, 7th. Div. Limey, Meurthe et Moselle, France, Nov. 17, 1918. I would like to thanks Jim and Joanna Eberhardt for posting the above picture of Mobile Veterinary Section No 7 animal ambulance and for their kindness.

Note: I found this ia a search that helps to explain the above picture. Previous to this time a motor truck had been converted into an animal ambulance by Captain William C. VanAllstyne, assistant division veterinarian. The ambulance held five animals placed crosswise and separated by partition boards dropped in grooves. By means of a runway which let down behind it could be fully loaded in ten minutes. This truck ambulance did most excellent work transporting gassed, wounded and debilitated animals to the veterinary hospitals many kilometers to the rear.

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Veterinary Corps in WW1

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