Probably Tenby, Wales, 1944: Cliff evacuation work

Original caption

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 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 rescue effecteds the patient is placed across the rear of a specially rigged jeep-ambulance. In a moment he will be off to the receiving station to receive the best of medical care from U.S. Army doctors. (Simulated rescue of a battle casualty on the coas of Great Britain.) B.I. 1944. Signal Corps Photo (Todd). Copy neg. made from print received from OCSigo Hdqrs., SOS, European Theater of Operations, USA, thru BPR, May 1944. Released by BPR, Auth. 12, April 18, 1944. Special Release May 6g 1944. 4x5 copy neg. Lot 8562 1md

Date

1944

Place

Probably Tenby, Wales · approximate position

Photographer

Todd

SC number

189191

Field number

ETO-HQ-44-2395

Source

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

Approximate position · Show on the photo map