'Friends of France' during the First World War
Delwyn Thomas and the American Field Service
In late 1913 Delwyn “Del” Thomas received the best possible news – he had won a prestigious Rhodes scholarship and would be travelling to England to study at Oxford University the following year.1 The native Utahn arrived to study chemistry but the outbreak of the war proved incredibly disruptive for the young student and his peers. Soon, many of the Ame…
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