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Air Evacuation of Wounded Takes Its Place in Medicine
A WWII feature traces air evacuation as a major life saving measure, detailing how wounded soldiers like Jim from D Day are moved from Normandy to England and back to the United States. It highlights the role of flight nurses, surgeons, and the Air Transport Command in rapidly transporting casualties to frontline and home-area hospitals, and notes over 7,000 patients moved with no injuries to crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Union
Normandy
D-Day
Marjean Brown
Columbus
Ohio
Suella Bernard
Waynesville
Joe
England
Air Transit Command
Long Island
N. Y
British Isles
New York
Colorado Rockies
Dad
Sis
Spees
David N. Grant
Army Air Forces
Army
Makin Island
Anzio
Air Transport Commands
France
Paul R. Hawley
United Kingdom
Air Transport Command
ATC
United States
Trooper Carrier Command
Jim
Peo
North Africa
Walter A. Smith
Springeld
Mass
Italy
Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Hagerstown
Smith
Continental
AAF
Andres G. Oliver