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Introduction: Many agencies of the War Department were involved in the actions required to provide the US Armed Forces with the necessary ‘Hospitalization and Evacuation’, the War Department General Staff (G-4 Division), the Office of The Surgeon General, the Air Surgeon, the Ground Surgeon, the Surgeons of the different local Service Commands, as well as […]
The European Theater of Operations which was to conduct the US Army’s largest and most complex land campaign of WW2 and complete the destruction of Nazi Germany, had rather modest beginnings! In agreement with its Allies, the United States Government decided to deal with ‘Germany first’ … The initial objective was to establish Army Forces […]
Background Information: In time of war Hospitalization and Evacuation are essential to the Armed Forces. Military Hospitals are provided for the treatment of military personnel while being sick or injured. Casualties were given emergency treatment at a series of medical installations established in the forward areas of combat zones. In order to furnish as near […]
Background Information: The US Navy operated its first Hospital Ship during the years of the Tripolitan War (1801-1805). In June 1804, a small vessel, in fact a 6-foot ketch named ‘Intrepid’ was fitted as a floating Hospital to receive sick and wounded for medical treatment. The very first official Hospital Ship was a converted six-wheeler […]
Background and Introduction: The idea of bringing medical attention to casualties through the medium of the Hospital Train was in fact an outgrowth of the “Ambulance Train” used during the First World War (21 Hospital Trains, purchased in England and France, were operated by the A.E.F. in the Great War –ed). During the interbellum years, […]
Background Information: Evacuation of wounded and injured personnel should be efficient and organized! Beginning with the moment that a man is wounded at the front, there must be a continuity in his handling and treatment until he is again fit for release from control of the Medical Department. There is a constant sorting of all […]
Background: In an effort to offer the best medical care possible, the Medical Department comprised of a number of field installations, spread throughout the various echelons of medical care. Each of these installations and stations was equipped according to its role in administering medical care. The listings below show the contents of each installation, and […]
Definition: An Aid Station is an installation for the first aid care and treatment of the sick and wounded, established under combat conditions by a Section of the unit’s Medical Detachment. The Regimental Section and each of the (three) Battalion Sections are equipped to establish and operate an Aid Station. TM 20-205 “Dictionary of United […]
Background Information: Without a doubt one of the most useful tools for combat medics and military personnel involved in the first echelon of medical evacuation was the US Army Litter. A Litter is a Stretcher, carried by two or four bearers, for evacuation of sick and wounded. All patients unable to walk, either with or […]
Introduction: The following list has been produced in order to offer an explanation of exactly how the contents of the various First-Aid Kits and Packets supplied to the US Army should be used, and describes their application. In addition to the contents of the kits themselves, the application of Medical forms has also been included […]