Nurse Helen Fairchild, WWI, 1917-1918
By: [compiled by] Nelle Fairchild Hefty Rote
Contributors: Rote, Nelle Fairchild Hefty, 1930-
Edition: 2nd ltd. ed.
Publisher: Create-A-Book
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boulder City, NV
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780976949268
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Medical care; American Personal narratives; Registers of dead; Campaigns; Nurses; Biography
Other titles: Nurse Helen Fairchild, World War One; Philadelphia to Flanders, 1917
Notes: Cover title.

"The story of Nurse Helen Fairchild's life in 1917 during World War One. Her story covers her travels from Allenwood, to Watsontown, to Philadelphia, to London, to France, and on toward the front lines in Belgium in 1917. Her story ends at her final resting place in Somme American Military Cemetery near Cambrai, France"--P. iii.

Contains rosters of Pennsylvania area nurses who were overseas in May 1917, United States deceased Army nurses and Army medical officers who died in the war.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-378) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1916. Helen confesses; title: 1917. U.S. enters war; title: Nurse Fairchild called to report; title: Pennsylvania unit sails to unknown destination; title: Taking over British Hospital 16, Normandy; title: Nurse Fairchild to the front; title: Surgical station bombed; title: Tent Hospital, Base 10; title: 1918. Pershing announces Helen's death; title: Funeral photos and letters of sympathy; title: Official records of Helen's burial; title: Concerning compensation; title: Harry Truman writes to Bess, "War over, November 11, 1918"; title: 1919. New baby Helen; title: 1920. Helen Fairchild American Legion Nurses Post 412; title: 1921-1930. War mothers pilgrimage; title: Nurse Helen's reburial; title: War service record; title: Roster of doctors and Army nurses who died, WWI; title: Poisonous gas; title: Helen's post mortem report; title: 1941-2004. Government takeover of White Deer Valley - Fairchild mansion burns; title: Naming of Helen Fairchild Memorial Bridge; title: Restoration ceremony November 18, 2005.