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C. P. Robbins presents the Distinguished Service Cross to Edmund Hampson Public Deposited

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  • Corporate Name Pictured: Base Hospital 13

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  • Robbins, Chandler P., Colonel, and Commanding Officer of Base Hospital 13
  • Hampson, Edmund R., Wagoner
Description
  • According to homeofheroes.com Edmund R. Hampson, from Waterbury, Ct., was a wagoner with the U. S. Army, Company B, 101st Machine-Gun Battalion, 26th Division, American Expeditionary Force, and that on July 22, 1918 "...in action near Trugny, France, July 22, 1918. Although painfully wounded by shrapnel, Wagoner Hampson courageously continued his duty of evacuating the wounded until exhausted from loss of blood."
Accession Number
  • C718 box 4
City
  • Limoges
Copyright Owner
  • None
Country
  • France
Source Identifier
  • VAE4199-000132
Subject
  • Shaking hands
  • Hospitals
  • Heroes
  • Soldiers
  • Military hospitals
  • Awards
  • World War I
Title
  • C. P. Robbins presents the Distinguished Service Cross to Edmund Hampson
Photographer/Studio
  • Streedain, Alpheus Bror
Donor ID
  • 108
Source Metadata Identifier
  • VAE4199-000132
Date Taken
  • 1918-11-23
Holding Location
State/Province
  • Haute-Vienne
Campus
  • IU Bloomington
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