• William H. Lawall volunteered to serve as an American YMCA WPA Secretary in Germany on behalf of Allied POW's during World War I. Lawall is wearing civilian clothing, standing in the back of a hospital ward at Czersk. Source: For the Millions of Men Now Under Arms, 1:8 (31 July 1916): 40A.

Source: For the Millions of Men Now Under Arms, 1:8 (31 July 1916): 40A.

From Pursuit of an "unparalleled opportunity": American YMCA and prisoner of war diplomacy among the Central Power nations during World War I, 1914-1923 by Kenneth Steuer

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