Esther E. Leonard letter to Chief Surgeon Sanitary Corps - January 18, 1919
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U.S. Base Hospital No. 115. Special Head Hospital. Amer. P.O. 781. January 18, 1919. From: Esther E. Leonard, Contract Surgeon, U.S.A. To: The Chief Surgeon, SOS AEF (Thru Military Channels) Subject: Return to the United States. 1. Request that I be relieved from further duty with the American Expeditionary Forces and returned to the United States at once. 2. My reason for this request is that my mother and father are both very old and due to the recent illness of my father, my presence is needed to help them attend to their affairs, as I am their main support. 3. Attention is invited to the fact that I am a Contract Surgeon and not a Medical Officer of the United States Army. Esther E. Leonard.
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| Title | Esther E. Leonard letter to Chief Surgeon Sanitary Corps - January 18, 1919 |
| Creator | Leonard, Esther E. |
| Source | Leonard, Esther E. Letter to Chief Surgeon Sanitary Corps. 18 January 1919. Leonard, Esther, Dr. Papers (1914-1919). A1814. Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Description | Dr. Esther E. Leonard wrote this letter to the Chief Surgeon of the Sanitary Corps and requested to be relieved from duty so that she could care for her ill parents. Dr. Leonard served as a contract surgeon during World War I at the U.S. Army General Hospital No. 1 in New York City and at an evacuation hospital in Vichy, France. |
| Subject LCSH | World War, 1914-1918; United States. Army. Sanitary Corps; World War, 1914-1918--Medical care--United States; World War, 1914-1918--Women |
| Subject Local | WWI; World War I; U.S. Army Base Hospital No. 115 |
| Site Accession Number | A1814 |
| Contributing Institution | Missouri History Museum |
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| Date Original | January 18, 1919 |
| Language | English |