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Probably Tenby, Wales, 1944: Cliff evacuation work

Probably Tenby, Wales, June 1944

SC 189184Field no. ETO-HQ-44-2389RG 111
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Cliff evacuation work. Trained by veteran Alpine climbers in the mountains of West Virginia, Combat Medical Soldiers of the U.S. Army are tough. Armed only with a small kit of first aid materials, they go into the front lines to administer to the wounded under fire and return to carry the stricken man to safety. A 500-patient receiving station is set up in the amazingly fast time of 15 minutes and each man is skilled in first aid treatment, the use of sulpha drugs and the use of morphine. In a pre-invasion exercise on the coast of Great Britain, & group of medical soldiers have descended a cliff to administer first aid to an "injured" man.

Date
June 1944
Place
Probably Tenby, Wales · approximate position
Photographer
Todd
SC number
189184
Field number
ETO-HQ-44-2389
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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