World War I
Imbrie, seated far left, in Paris.
New York Times, November 19, 1916.
New York Times, November 19, 1916.
Imbrie was with the American Ambulance Field Service in France and the Balkans from December 1915 until the United States entered the war in April 1917. Of Imbrie, a friend wrote, "He loves what he is doing...and he could no more leave this than fly." He was one of the longest-serving volunteer drivers in the war, earned numerous service medals, and left the French Army as a Major, bringing home shrapnel from his ambulance and the rifle he carried in Albania.
