Then and Now: Aid Station in Cunel

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Caption:  The then photo is captioned:  “Figure 82–Aid station, 358th Infantry, at Cunel, Meuse, October 27, 1918.”  The 358th was part of the 90th Division, which entered the line in mid-October and continued the push northward.

Note also in the then photo the sign “Ortskommandantur” above the door.  On period military translation dictionary translates it as Town Major’s Office.

 

Location:  6 Rue de la Fontaine, which is the D123, the main street running through town.  It is very easy to locate.

 

Source of Then Photo:  U.S. Army Medical Department, Office of Medical History.  “The Medical Department of the United States Army in the World War, Volume VIII, Field Operations.”  http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwi/fieldoperations/default.htm.

 

Source of Now Photo:  The Webmaster