[Officers' and Nurses' Mess, Camp Hospital 28, Nevers, France 1918]

The American Expeditionary Forces depended upon regular train service and hospitals were positioned near major railroad junctions. Nevers, 150 miles south of Paris, was a central supply depot for matériel, veterinary hospitals and hospitals. Officers at front table include left to right: Dr. Witt, Unknown, Dr. Dixon, Dr. McKinney and Dr. McCabe. One officer recalled “We had over 17,000 shattered bones to mend, over 3,500 arms and legs to amputate and 20 times that many to save.”