Colonia Hospital (Colonia, N.J.)
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
G. Raymond Womeldorf Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0530
Scope and Contents
George (G.) Raymond Womeldorf was born in Lexington, Virginia in 1893 and raised on the family farm near east Lexington (Va.). He attended Washington and Lee University, graduating in 1917. During that year Womeldorf volunteered to join Washington and Lee University's ambulance unit, which would become U.S. Army Ambulance Service Section 534 and serve with distinction in France. During his deployment, Womeldorf was wounded in the right leg and gassed. He subsequently lost the leg just above...
Dates:
1917-1919