Infantry combat medics in Europe, 1944-45
Medics learned quickly to ignore standing operating procedures in order to save lives but tensions within infantry units created a paradoxical culture of isolation and acceptance. This groundbreaking work examines training and combat experiences of soldiers working in Battalion Aid Stations and thos...
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan
2013
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Table of Contents:
- Chalkboard training
- Baptism of fire
- Combat reality
- The battalion aid station
- Day-to-day health
- Company aid men
- Conclusion.