25193 - U.S. Infantry Medic with Stretcher, 1943-45 Fisrt Legion WWII Normandy Waffen-SS Squire Daymon

Squire Daymon

Gun raises and lowers

” “Gaines Farm

lying prone NCO (non commissioned officer) observes the ‘fall of shot’ through his binos

25193 - U.S. Infantry Medic with Stretcher, 1943-45 Fisrt Legion WWII Normandy Waffen-SS Squire DaymonU. S. Infantry Medic with Stretcher, 1943 45 The concept of evacuating soldiers soon after being wounded was introduced during World War I when stretcher bearers became the ancestors of todays medics and hospital corpsman. In previous conflicts, comrades picked up casualties and transported them the best they could, on blankets or greatcoats. But improvising a stretcher would likely reopen the patients wounds because their bodies were limp and