Medics learned quickly to ignore standing operating procedures in order to save lives but tensions within infantry units created a paradoxical culture of isolation and acceptance. This groundbreaking work examines training and combat experiences of soldiers working in Battalion Aid Stations and those who went as aid men to the line companies.

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Abilene Christian University, USA

Tracy Shilcutt

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Tracy M. Shilcutt is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Abilene Christian University, USA.

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Book Title: Infantry Combat Medics in Europe, 1944-45
Authors: Tracy Shilcutt
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137347695
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-34768-8Published: 23 May 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-34769-5Published: 23 May 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 136
Topics: History of Science, Modern History, History of Military, European History, Social History, History of Medicine

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