tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post1627196390271003220..comments2024-03-28T10:31:32.918-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Remembering a Veteran: Nurse & Volunteer in Two World Wars, Ethel Carow Roosevelt Derbysnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-40191420069437814912019-02-04T19:17:38.943-08:002019-02-04T19:17:38.943-08:00Ethel was an admirable woman. I only lament the fa...Ethel was an admirable woman. I only lament the fact that as similar in looks and public service as she was to her cousin Eleanor, that they had no relationship.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963696137405761109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-50777118808117634812017-12-09T17:10:15.728-08:002017-12-09T17:10:15.728-08:00I met Ethel Derby in the mid-1970's. At the t...I met Ethel Derby in the mid-1970's. At the time, I was a young insurance adjuster, and she had had some water damage at her home in Oyster Bay. I had no idea who she was.<br />She was talking about her concerns about neighborhood kids coming on the property, and what would happen if one of them got hurt, while I took notes on the damage. We were in the center hall, when she pointed to a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-53217003908738942942017-12-09T15:30:12.644-08:002017-12-09T15:30:12.644-08:00Mike:
I need to research a subject that was writt...Mike:<br /><br />I need to research a subject that was written about in "Roads." How can I search for subjects? (Erich von Renten)<br /><br /><br />RHWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962849413699263665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-56206635075764867712017-12-09T11:28:09.890-08:002017-12-09T11:28:09.890-08:00Found it on Amazon for $12 paperback and $0 Kindle...Found it on Amazon for $12 paperback and $0 Kindle. Thank you so much for the information. My father was a young staff surgeon with Base Hospital #9, the New York Hospital unit, in Chateauroux from 1917 to 1919.Bonesetter70https://www.blogger.com/profile/12767457543416782761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-91500468767644016082017-12-09T10:53:14.212-08:002017-12-09T10:53:14.212-08:00Dr. Derby was not just "a surgeon" in th...Dr. Derby was not just "a surgeon" in the division but the Division Surgeon. He wrote a wonderful memoir in 1919 of the medical support for the division: "Wade In, Sanitary," dedicated to his wife.William Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10340784654329100791noreply@blogger.com