Missouri Pvt
339 Field Arty
85 Division World War I
Death location provided on US Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
[In August 1918, Fort Des Moines converted into a hospital to provide treatment to bedridden soldiers. It became a general hospital on September 21, 1918. The hospital received a wave of patients after the Armistice on November 11, 1918, and stretched its 1,500 bed capacity to welcome 1,829 soldiers. The hospital's primary specialty was providing orthopedic treatment to casualties from Europe, including many soldiers who received amputations in Europe. Facing a shortage of supplies, the fort's orthopedics workshop invented innovative prosthetic designs. The "Fort Des Moines Leg" was quicker to produce, more durable, cheaper, and easier to fit than the government provisional leg. ---- information found on https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/fort-des-moines-a-series-of-firsts-in-wartime-service.htm]
339 Field Arty
85 Division World War I
Death location provided on US Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
[In August 1918, Fort Des Moines converted into a hospital to provide treatment to bedridden soldiers. It became a general hospital on September 21, 1918. The hospital received a wave of patients after the Armistice on November 11, 1918, and stretched its 1,500 bed capacity to welcome 1,829 soldiers. The hospital's primary specialty was providing orthopedic treatment to casualties from Europe, including many soldiers who received amputations in Europe. Facing a shortage of supplies, the fort's orthopedics workshop invented innovative prosthetic designs. The "Fort Des Moines Leg" was quicker to produce, more durable, cheaper, and easier to fit than the government provisional leg. ---- information found on https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/fort-des-moines-a-series-of-firsts-in-wartime-service.htm]
Missouri Pvt
339 Field Arty
85 Division World War I
Death location provided on US Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
[In August 1918, Fort Des Moines converted into a hospital to provide treatment to bedridden soldiers. It became a general hospital on September 21, 1918. The hospital received a wave of patients after the Armistice on November 11, 1918, and stretched its 1,500 bed capacity to welcome 1,829 soldiers. The hospital's primary specialty was providing orthopedic treatment to casualties from Europe, including many soldiers who received amputations in Europe. Facing a shortage of supplies, the fort's orthopedics workshop invented innovative prosthetic designs. The "Fort Des Moines Leg" was quicker to produce, more durable, cheaper, and easier to fit than the government provisional leg. ---- information found on https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/fort-des-moines-a-series-of-firsts-in-wartime-service.htm]
339 Field Arty
85 Division World War I
Death location provided on US Headstone Applications for Military Veterans
[In August 1918, Fort Des Moines converted into a hospital to provide treatment to bedridden soldiers. It became a general hospital on September 21, 1918. The hospital received a wave of patients after the Armistice on November 11, 1918, and stretched its 1,500 bed capacity to welcome 1,829 soldiers. The hospital's primary specialty was providing orthopedic treatment to casualties from Europe, including many soldiers who received amputations in Europe. Facing a shortage of supplies, the fort's orthopedics workshop invented innovative prosthetic designs. The "Fort Des Moines Leg" was quicker to produce, more durable, cheaper, and easier to fit than the government provisional leg. ---- information found on https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/fort-des-moines-a-series-of-firsts-in-wartime-service.htm]
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Missouri Pvt. 339 Field Arty. 85 Division World War I.
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