Allentown in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

United States Army Ambulance Corps Service

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 8, 2021

1. United States Army Ambulance Corps Service Marker

Inscription. To the memory of
The USAACS
Trained at Camp Crane
to serve with the French
and Italian Armies
who gave their lives
in the World War

"In a righteous cause they have won
immortal glory and have nobly served
their nation in serving mankind."
Woodrow Wilson

This memorial presented to
the City of Allentown
1927

Erected 1927.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • Science & Medicine • War, World I.

Location. 40° 35.983′ N, 75° 29.396′ W. Memorial is in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in Lehigh County. It can be reached from North 15th Street. Memorial is near the east boundary of West Park, about 275 feet north of the intersection of Linden and Fulton Streets. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Allentown PA 18102, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Lehigh Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: China-Burma-India Memorial (here, next to this marker); First Defenders Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Ignatz Gresser (a few steps from this marker); C Company, 109th Machine Gun Battalion (a few steps from this marker);

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The Allen Infantry (a few steps from this marker); Military Order of the Purple Heart (a few steps from this marker); D-Day, June 6 1944 (a few steps from this marker); Remembering Allentown's Heroes (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Allentown.

Also see . . . A history of Section 647, United States army ambulance service with the French army (Ware, 1919). (Submitted on June 9, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 16, 2021

2. United States Army Ambulance Corps Service Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 8, 2021

3. United States Army Ambulance Corps Service Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 20, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 9, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 365 times since then and 15 times this year. Last updated on February 17, 2023, by Matthew Conklin of Lawrence, Kansas. Photos: 1. submitted on June 9, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on November 18, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on June 9, 2021, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.