Title Hospital at war : the 95th Evacuation Hospital in World War II / Zachary B. Friedenberg

Edition 1st ed Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (x, 158 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Texas A & M University military history series ; no. 96 Texas A & M University military history series ; 96. Contents Maps -- Preface -- Ch1 Preparing for War -- Ch 2 Concluding the North African Campaign -- Ch 3 Landing in the Bay of Salerno -- Ch 4 Stalemate in Italy -- Ch 5 Anzio -- Ch 6 Concluding the Italian Campaign -- Ch 7 The French Rivierato Alsace -- Ch 8 Peace, and a Job Well Done -- Appendix A Basic Installation -- Appendix B Group Commendations -- Appendix C Statement of Service,95th Combat Support Hospital -- Index Summary During World War II, the army established 107 evacuation hospitals to care for the wounded and sick in theaters around the world. An evacuation hospital was a forward hospital accepting patients from the battlefield. It was where the wounded first received definitive care. Formed at Camp Breckenridge, the 95th Evac arrived in Casablanca in April 1943, with seven thousand troops, thirty doctors, and forty nurses. First pitching their tents at Oujda, they moved eastward toward Algeria before making a D-day landing on the beaches of Salerno, Italy, on September 9, 1939. Shortly thereafter, they entered Naples, then set up shop at Anzio before moving on to become the first American hospital to penetrate Nazi-occupied Europe. After the guns were silent, records show that these doctors and nurses had treated over 42,000 Americans in almost all the critical battles of the European theater: Salerno, Monetcassino, Anzio, southern France, the Battle of the Bulge, the Rhineland, and finally, the invasion into Germany.Hospital at War is the story of the 95th Evac Hospital as told by Zachary Friedenberg, a young surgeon at the time, fresh out of his internship. He tells the story of how the men and women of the 95th survived the war. He describes how they solved problems and learned to treat the war-wounded in the extreme heat of North Africa and during the frigid winters of the Rhineland. He tells how they endured shelling and a bombing of the hospital and how they adjusted to the people and the countries in which they worked. By the end of their two-year tour of duty, the men and women of the 95th Evac were superbly efficient. A casualty who made it to their facilities had a 99 percent chance of surviving. For anyone who wants to know how so many of our boys made it home despite horrific injuries, this book provides part of the answer Notes Includes index Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Friedenberg, Zachary SUBJECT Friedenberg, Zachary fast Subject United States. Army. Evacuation Hospital, 95th. United States. Army -- Medical personnel -- Biography SUBJECT United States. Army fast United States. Army. Evacuation Hospital, 95th fast Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care. World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North. World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front. World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American Physicians -- United States -- Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. HISTORY -- Military -- World War II. Armed Forces -- Medical personnel Medical care Military campaigns Physicians Regimental histories Weltkrieg 1939-1945 Feldlazarett North Africa United States Western Front (World War (1939-1945)) Nordafrika Europa USA Genre/Form Electronic books autobiographies (literary works) Personal narratives Autobiographies Biographies Personal narratives Autobiographies. Personal narratives. Biographies. Autobiographies. Récits personnels. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2004005993 ISBN 9781603446365 1603446362 1299052916 9781299052918

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