"The Great War of 1914 to 1918 is increasingly regarded as the great turning point of all modern history, bringing an end to the century of peace that followed the Napoleonic era and ushering in the century of wars and revolutions. Its scope, violence, and total nature were unprecedented; its consequences incalculable."

Hansen W. Baldwin. World War I. An Outline History. New York: Harper & Row, 1962.

By the end of the Great War, "AFS" represented the collective spirit of the young men who drove the Field Service ambulances and the know-how of the organization that made that possible---that is: recruited them, got them there, kept track of them and brought them back home.