Treating wounded

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Compton, Bryan Remnants and Reflections
Once the war ended, the medical doctors left by airplane, leaving no one in charge [Annotator's Note: of the 120th...
Witmeyer, John "J.J." Replacements and Friends
Replacement troops to John Witmeyer's unit always reported to him so he generally learned the names of new recruits. In...
Murphy, Paul Rescue
By the night of 5 August [Annotator’s Note: 1945], Paul J. Murphy had been in the sea for five nights and four days [...
Fogg, Floyd Rescue on Iwo Jima
Further into the fighting on Iwo Jima, and while going through a sniper-infested thicket, the call came for an "advance...
Twible, Harlan Rescued by the USS Bassett (APD-73)
Following Navy tradition, Harlan Twible was the last person to be pulled out of the water. He was picked up by the...
Gikas, Gus Rescued by the USS Pioneer (AM-105)
Gus Gikas and two other men swam about a mile from the sinking HMT Rhona to the Pioneer [Annotator's Note: USS Pioneer...
Lebow, Cleatus Rescued From the Pacific
Sharks began circling the group of survivors, and Cleatus Lebow said the predators were attacking men who broke away...
Smith, William J. Rescued in the Ocean
[Annotator's Note: William Smith was shot down while attacking Kavieng, New Ireland, New Guinea. He was rescued and...
Hirsekorn, Fred Rescuing Friends and Taking Ingolstadt
Fred Hirsekorn had been assigned a Buck Rogers tank. The Buck Rogers tank was an experimental tank with 60 four and a...
Swanson, Richard Rescuing Survivors of the SS Dorchester
[Annotator's Note: Richard Swanson was assigned to the USCGC Comanche (WPG-76) on escort duty for the troop transport...
Malec, Henry Return to Combat
While in the midst of being released from the hospital [Annotator's Note: Malec had been wounded by shrapnel and was...
Moxon, Milton Return to Combat and Being Wounded
When their break from combat was up, Milton Moxon and his regiment [Annotator's Note: Moxon was a member of Company B,...
Baum, Irving Returning Home
Irving Baum slept, had breakfast and went back in [Annotator's Note: to the Dachau concentration camp complex near...
Goble, Joseph Returning Home
Joseph Goble was sent to a hospital ship [Annotator's Note: in New Hebrides] and given treatment for the leg wounds he...
Stevens, Phineas Returning Home
When Phineas Stevens left Leyte Gulf [Annotator's Note: Battle of Leyte, Philippines, 17 October to 26 December 1944]...
Lopez, Lionel Returning Home
Lionel Lopez was shot in the back and it came out of his chest. He was taken to a field hospital. The doctor stitched...
Yates, Herman Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: Herman Yates recovered from the surgery he underwent after being hit by a mortar round in France.]...
McCalla, Anna Returning Home
In November 1945, Anna McCalla Noren boarded a transport plane and flew from Tinian [Annotator's Note: Tinian, Northern...
Tunnicliff, Ed Returning Home
Ed Tunnicliff was put on a hospital ship and sent home. It was nice with white sheets. When he returned to the United...
Pigott, Terrell Returning Home and Postwar
Terrell Lavern Pigott sailed home on the the West Point [Annotator's Note: USS West Point (AP-23)], which was a sister...
Jenkins, Samuel Returning Home, Service Discharge and Reflecting on the Battle of Lanzerath
For Samuel Jenkins, returning to the United States was much easier than going to Europe. He just laid in his bunk and...
Prince, Robert Returning to Camp
[Annotator's Note: Robert Prince helped liberate the Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Cabanatuan City, Luzon, Philippines on 30...
Wayne, William Roosevelt Dies and Japan Surrenders
William Wayne got out of the hospital and was in the Marine Transit Center in Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: Pearl...
Higgins, Gordon Saint Die and Selestat, France
Gordon Higgins describes food rations, and continues with his experiences as the war progressed. He said it took 30...
Weber, Rosemarie Santo Thomas and Being Liberated
Rosemarie Weber went to school in the camp but didn't learn very much. She didn't finish 8th grade. Learning wasn't the...
Cole, Arles Saving Dorie Miller and the BB-48 Ensign
Arles E. Cole [Annotator’s Note: a quartermaster on the USS West Virginia (BB-48) on the morning of 7 December 1941...
Cart, William "Bill" SB2C Helldiver and Chip
[Annotator's Note: William Cart was assigned to Marine Scout Bombing Squadron 231 (VMSB-231) on Majuro Atoll, Marshall...
Powers, Robert Securing Okinawa
After the attack, Robert Powers continued moving south towards the battalion CP [Annotator's Note: command post]. They...
Reynolds, Holly Seeing Famous People and Writing Letters for Servicemen
In Warrenpoint, Ireland, Holly Reynolds always had more than one date. Reynolds saw a show in Washington DC called Back...
Loring, Bud Seems Like Yesterday
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Bud Loring how he got out of his burning aircraft over France.] He just climbed...
Diamond, Joseph Segment 1
Joseph Diamond served with the 104th Infantry Division, which is the Timberwolf Division. He was born in Camden, New...
Cokinos, Michael Segment 1
Michael Cokinos grew up in Beaumont, Texas. During the Great Depression, life was pretty strict for him. His parents...
Mack, Frank Segment 10
Mack is the chaplain of the Sixth Marine Division Association. He notes that the ranks are getting very thin. The...
Karr, Robert Segment 10
It turned out that a small piece of shrapnel had severed Burgess's spinal chord. Burgess was 18 years old. Karr had...
Childers, Lloyd Segment 10
Childers was placed in a basket and hoisted onto the deck of the destroyer that had picked him and his crew up. He was...
Kalil, Louis Segment 11
When the Germans unloaded the prisoners of war from the trains, Kalil remembers British medics helping them. He recalls...

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