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8th Portable Surgical Hospital, J-Day +1, Red Beach, Philippine Islands
8th Portable Surgical Hospital, J-Day +1, Red Beach, Philippine Islands
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United States. Army National Museum of Health and Medicine. Otis Historical Archives. Museum and Medical Arts Service Photographs
The auxiliary surgical hospitals (later called Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals) were conceived and developed by DeBakey and the Surgical Consultants in the first years of World War II. They greatly improved battlefield injury survival rates by getting surgical care closer to the front lines. Photos like this, taken during the last years of the war, provide a closer look at the operations of the surgical units.
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