Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Siamese Expeditionary Force

  • The Siamese Expeditionary Force of World War I and the Spanish Flu

    Khwanchai PhusrisomStephen MartinMahasarakham, Thailand The Siamese military presence In July 1918, 1284 Siamese volunteers arrived in Marseilles by ship1.  Their air force personnel did not see action because their training had not been completed before the end of the war.  The ground troops (Fig 1) had been trained, but being too few to form an…