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*[https://archive.org/details/truckingtotrench00kautrich/page/n5/mode/2up ''Trucking to the Trenches; Letters from France, June-November 1917''] by John Iden Kautz 1918 Archive.org. An American, he volunteered with a group of American University volunteers to drive ambulances, but drove instead munition transport trucks, officially part of the French Army. The service was eventually taken over by the American Army, and he transferred to the Quartermaster Corps (transport division). This book also appears on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200122162718/http://www.ourstory.info/library/catalog.html American Field Service/Library] website, now archived, under the heading "Réserve Mallet truck transport units", [https://web.archive.org/web/20081201233711/http://www.ourstory.info/2/c/Mallet.html more details], archived.
:''History of the American Field Service in France, "Friends of France", 1914-1917,'' told by its members. With illustrations. [https://archive.org/details/historyofamerica03unse/page/n9/mode/2up ''Vol. III''] Contains “The Camion Section” Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/camionlettersfro00samp/page/n9/mode/2up ''Camion letters from American college men. Volunteer Drivers of the American Field Service in France 1917''], edited by Martin W Sampson, 1918. Archive.org. Most of the letters are from Cornell men.:[https://archive.org/details/astopatsuzannes00clovgoog/page/n7/mode/2up ''A Stop at Suzanne's: And Lower Flights''] by Greayer Clover 1919. Archive.org. Note poor quality scanning and missing pages at least 24-43, but see [https://web.archive.org/web/20160401162026/http://www.ourstory.info/library/2-ww1/Clover/SuzanneTC.html Transcribed version], (ourstory.info, now archived). Includes Clover's time as a Camion driver. He subsequently joined the aviation service (probably AEF) and died in a flying accident 30 August 1918.
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