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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., July 12, 1919, Page 13 printed a cropped version of this photo with the caption: "Court yard with convalescent patients, Camp Hospital 46, Landerneau, Finistere, France, where American soldiers are being helped to regain their health by the money supplied through sales of W. S. S." chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92051227/1919-07-12/ed-...

The hospital was located in the convent of the Benedictines of Notre-Dame du Calvaire, s. the same photo in www.ville-landerneau.fr/Landerneau-14-18/Ressources-docum.... See also collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101399317-img and collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101399296-img The convent is now an institute for persons with profound mental deficiencies, s. www.letelegramme.fr/ar/viewarticle1024.php?aaaammjj=20070... and www.donbosco.asso.fr/ime-de-kerlaouen.php and his located here: www.google.com/maps/place/48%C2%B026'33.6%22N+4%C2%B015'5...

Seems to be this photo: "48667. Courtyard with convalescent patients. Camp Hospital No. 46. Landerneau, Finistere, France. January 7, 1919." archive.org/stream/cu31924027944598#page/n513/mode/2up Catalogue of official A.E.F. photographs by United States. War Dept. General Staff; United States. Army. Signal Corps Publication date 1919 ====================================================== "CAMP HOSPITAL NO. 46 Camp Hospital No. 46 was established May 16, 1918, at Landerneau, a small town about 14 miles east of Brest, Department Finistere, base section No. 5. Its personnel were assigned from the American Expeditionary Forces at large. It occupied a part of a large French convent school, the Pensionnat du Calvare, which was suitable for hospital purposes, as it contained many large well lighted and ventilated rooms; however, the sanitary arrangements were exceedingly poor and no adequate water supply existed. A detachment of United States Engineers was attached to the hospital to install the necessary plumbing and to provide a sufficient water supply; also several wooden barracks for the personnel were constructed by the Engineers, and the bed capacity of the hospital was increased from 250 to 300. Camp Hospital No. 46 was intended for convalescent patients only, but it received cases of acute disease and of injury from its surrounding area. During December, 1918, only venereal cases en route to the United States were admitted. The total number of patients admitted during its existence was 1,150. The hospital was closed February 28, 1919, and its personnel were transferred to Camp Pontanezen, Brest, for duty." history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwi/adminamerexp/chapter... history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwi/adminamerexp/ch25fig...

NARA 111-SC-47667. Taken April 26, 1919. "Wounded soldiers at Debarkation Hospital #3, New York City, N.Y. Medical office on train" Source: (catalog.archives.gov/id/86701450)

This photo ran in several newspapers, e.g. in The Morgan City daily review., April 12, 1919, Image 1 with the caption "Members of C company, Three Hundred and Sixteenth engineers, placing the abutment for a bridge over the canal at Audenarde, Belgium." chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88064293/1919-04-12/ed-... (According to The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., April 04, 1919, SECOND SECTION, Image 20, it was the company A of the Three Hundred and Fifteenth engineers chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92051227/1919-04-04/ed-...) "Oudenaarde (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʌu̯dənaːrdə], French Audenarde, English sometimes Oudenarde) is a Belgian municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oudenaarde

Looks like Co. A is correct. "39442. Company A, Three hundred and sixteenth Engineers, placing abutment for bridge over canal in town of Audenarde, Belgium. Capt. D. Keen, commanding officer, in charge. November 10, 1918." Catalogue of official A.E.F. photographs by United States. War Dept. General Staff; United States. Army. Signal Corps Publication date 1919 archive.org/stream/cu31924027944598#page/n433/mode/2up

Thank you B-59 and Art Siegel. We'll fix the spelling of the town and include the additional caption information.