Tenby, Wales, 1944: Cliff evacuation work

Original caption

Cliff evacuation work. Trained by veteran Alpine climbers in the mountains of test 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 men 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. The ascending party runs into tough going in a narrow defile in the cliff. Two soldiers back up the rescue party in case of a slip. This is a simulated rescue of a battle casualty, somewhere on the coast of Great Britain. British Isles, 1944

Date

1944

Place

Tenby, Wales · approximate position

Photographer

Todd

Units

28th Infantry Division, 103rd Medical Battalion

SC number

189189

Field number

ETO-HQ-44-2393

Source

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

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