Howard Brooke with his Ambulance, Hit by a Tank | Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs
Title:
Howard Brooke with his Ambulance, Hit by a Tank
Date:
1943-1944 Winter
Description:
Howard Brooke (standing facing camera with hat) had been evacuating patients at night without lights on a winding narrow mountain road near Ortona. He collided with a Sherman tank going in for an attack, also without lights. The tank mashed the engine down, rode on it up and over Brooke’s head and rolled the ambulance over the bank. He wasn’t injured. He could escape through the canvas roof, which was replacing the original metal roof, which had been crumpled by a previous roll-over. Other AFS drivers are here busily scrounging needed parts for their own ambulances.
Location: Near Ortona.
Phys. Desc:
Available as 200 dpi JPEG or 600 dpi TIFF.
ID:
Italy35
Repository:
Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs
Found in:
John C. Cobb Photographic Collection, 1943-2004
Series 1: Photographs, 1943-2004 Subseries 1C: Italy, ca. 2002-2004 Folder 4: Photographs (Digital Files, Italy 1-23, Italy 24-45), ca. 2002-2004
Series 1: Photographs, 1943-2004 Subseries 1C: Italy, ca. 2002-2004 Folder 4: Photographs (Digital Files, Italy 1-23, Italy 24-45), ca. 2002-2004Creators:
Subjects:
Ambulance drivers
Ambulances
American Field Service (American Ambulance Field Service)
World War, 1939-1945
Ambulances
American Field Service (American Ambulance Field Service)
World War, 1939-1945
Publisher:
Scanned by John C. Cobb or Picture Perfect ca. 2002-2004.
Rights:
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