Infantry Combat Medics in Europe, 1944-45

Informationen zum Autor Tracy M. Shilcutt is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Abilene Christian University, USA. Klappentext Medics learned quickly to ignore standing operating procedures in order to save lives but tensions within infantry units created a paradoxical culture of isolation and acceptance. This groundbreaking work examines training and combat experiences of soldiers working in Battalion Aid Stations and those who went as aid men to the line companies. To come. Zusammenfassung Medics learned quickly to ignore standing operating procedures in order to save lives but tensions within infantry units created a paradoxical culture of isolation and acceptance. This groundbreaking work examines training and combat experiences of soldiers working in Battalion Aid Stations and those who went as aid men to the line companies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments List of Acronyms Introduction 1. Chalkboard Training 2. Baptism of Fire 3. Combat Reality 4. The Battalion Aid Station 5. Day-to-day Health 6. Company Aid Men Conclusion Bibliography

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Acknowledgments List of Acronyms Introduction 1. Chalkboard Training 2. Baptism of Fire 3. Combat Reality 4. The Battalion Aid Station 5. Day-to-day Health 6. Company Aid Men Conclusion Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: T Shilcutt, T. Shilcutt, Tracy Shilcutt
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.05.2013
• EAN: 9781137347688
• ISBN: 978-1-137-34768-8
• No. of pages: 136
• Series: Palgrave Pivot; Palgrave Pivot
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; C, History, European History, Social History, military history, History of Medicine, History of Science, Social and cultural history, History, Modern, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, Europe—History, History of Military, Medicine—History, Europe;health;infantry