Probably Tenby, Wales, 1944: Cliff evacuation Trained by veteran Alpine climbers in the mountains…

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Cliff evacuation 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 then 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. At the top of the cliff, other Corpsmen pull the guide rope. The soldier by the jeep is the belay man. With the rope wound several times around his waist and with his feet dug into the earth, he takes up all the slack in the line. The end of the rope is secured by a safety man. Pictured front to rear: Cpl. Theodore Dzimidonwicz, 3320 Cargill St., Pittsburgh, Pa., Sgt. Nicholas Botticello, 6802 - 19th Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y., S/Sgt. David G. Jones, 812 Leason Ave., Van Wert, Ohio; and Cpl. Martin Moslaeac, 1336 S. 74th Stop West Dallas, Wis. British Isles, 1944. Pre-Invasion Maneuvers.

Date

1944

Place

Probably Tenby, Wales · approximate position

Photographer

Todd

Units

28th Infantry Division, 103rd Medical Battalion

People

Theodore Dzimidowicz; Nicholas Botticello; David G. Jones; Martin Moslovac; Theodore Dzimidowmwicz; Martin Moslaeac

SC number

189188

Source

U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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