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Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
Walking casualties are fed as they await transportation to higher ground as the evacuation of this U.S. Army field hospital is carried on due to rising flood waters in the area
Contributor (Organization):
United States. Army.
Subject (Genre):
Pictorial Works
Subject (MeSH Term):
Hospitals, Military
Subject (MeSH Term):
World War II
Subject (MeSH Term):
Disasters
Subject (Geographic Name):
France
Publication Information:
1944?
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
A015353
Physical Description:
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Image Description:
Subject: Wounded men stand in a line to get food. In the background, the rising waters are visible.
Subject (Organization):
United States.
Note (General):
Picture caption: Due to increasing rains many sections of this sector were flooded or isolated. This story takes place at a U.S. Army field hospital which was just about isolated by the rampaging waters. Most of the patients were evacuated to a different locale.
Note (General):
Title, picture caption, and location stamped on verso.
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
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Call Number:
60th Field Hosp. no. 1 box 2 mil
Record UI:
101442941

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