Harvard Medicine Journal, Winter, 2021, page 6

“Lost, not forgotten,” is a commentary on the journal’s Spring, 2020 article about the 1918 influenza pandemic and its impact upon Harvard students.

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Daniel Chester French and Henry Bacon

“A Four-Foot Cross” connects the 1919 design team of the Lincoln Memorial to a simple memorial cross for French’s nephew who had died in the service of his country.

Face to face with the stigma of suicide.

“The Docent” describes an uncomfortable modern research moment. Even after 100 years, some topics have yet to shed their shame.

Found photographs show bulls-eye accuracy in 1918.

“World War I Camera Guns” takes a technical look at the early use of ship to ship photography used for training fighter pilots.

A tale in the vein of “Gift of the Magi”

“K’s Socks” tells a story of gifts made for two soldiers in France. The chaos of war waylaid delivery. The soldiers both survived but the maker lost her own fight an ocean away.