English: Dr. Floyd Olin Smith (1 December 1885 - 6 August 1961) was an American doctor who served in the Ottoman Empire (1913-1917) under Near East Relief and Red Cross. During his time in the Ottoman Empire, Floyd Smith was a caretaker of many Armenians who were victims of the Armenian Genocide. He wrote extensively about the treatment of his patients provided detailed medical assessments of each of them. Floyd Smith eventually worked in the Philippines for nine years (1918-1927). He remained in the Philippines 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 ultimately died in 1961.
Emergency passport picture of the Smiths (dated August 1915)
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