Floyd Olin Smith ( December 1 , 1885 – August 6 , 1961 ) was an American physician who served in the Ottoman Empire ( 1913 – 1917 ) and the Philippines ( 1918 – 1927 ) under Near East Relief and the Red Cross . During his time in the Ottoman Empire , Smith was a caretaker of many Armenians who were victims of the Armenian Genocide . He wrote extensively about the treatment of his patients and provided detailed medical assessments of each of them . Smith later worked in the Philippines for nine years , and remained in there for another thirty years . During World War II , he was captured by Japanese forces and was held as a prisoner of war . He returned to the United States where he spent the rest of his life
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Floyd Smith (physician)