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Ford 1916 Model T Field Ambulance. This canvas on wood frame model was used extensively by the British & French as well as the American Expeditionary Force in World War I. Its top speed was 45 mph (72 km/h), produced by a 4-cylinder water-cooled engine. The history of the ambulance begins in ancient times, with the use of carts to transport ...
Original - Ford Model T Field Ambulance, 1916. Canvas on wood frame model, used extensively by the British & French as well as the American Expeditionary Force in The Great War. Top speed 45mph from a 4-cylinder water-cooled engine. (copied from photo description, with some punctuation added)
Jean Cocteau [7] – served in WWI with the Red Cross as an ambulance driver; Walt Disney [8] [9] – volunteer American Red Cross Motor Corps, but served after the armistice ending World War I was signed [10] [11] William A. Wellman [12] – served as a driver with the American Volunteer Motor Ambulance Corps (a.k
The United States Army Ambulance Service (USAAS) was a unit of the United States Army established by the United States Department of War during World War I. It was established by General Order No. 75 of the War Department in May 1917 and was headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania .
Poet Robert W. Service also joined the Ambulance Corps in 1915 in the Somme and wrote a new book of war poetry, Rhymes of a Red Cross Man, in 1916. [3] American poet E. E. Cummings joined the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps in 1917 before the U.S. entered the war. [4] During this time he was briefly imprisoned on false grounds. [5]
The 3 ⁄ 4 ‑ton WC-54 was designed as successor to the previous 1/2-ton, 4×4, G-505 models WC-9, WC-18, and WC-27 Dodge Ambulance trucks. [2] Although based on the 3/4-ton Dodge "Beep" chassis, which front and rear axles featured wider tracks of 64 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (1.64 m), the 3/4-ton ambulance versions retained a longer wheelbase, very close to that of the previous half-tonners, as well as ...
The rear axle of the TT has a worm drive [1] and crown wheel, unlike the Model T's crown wheel and pinion. The worm is located at the end of the drive shaft and above the crown wheel. The wheelbase of the Model TT is 125 inches (3,175 mm), compared to 100 inches (2,540 mm) for the Model T.
The type – named The Pig after the low front track silhouette that gave a snout-like appearance [4] – was used as the basis of two conversions: one of the first three built was used as an armoured ambulance, [3] while another was rebuilt as an amphibious tank by the staff of the test base at Dollis Hill. [5]