Tyler, although the scope of just the battle surgeons was beyond the scope of our books, Michel DeTrez and I, Peter Hendrikx, did pay attention to the medical support of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions in our pictorial histories "D-Day Minus - 17 September 1944" and "Orange is the Color of the Day", both about the 101st, and "Bridges are Ours" and "Burning Bridges" both about the 82nd. Many rare new photographs and information never found in any other history, from new sources, was included to give them their share of recognition.
Yes! And wonderful books they are. I keep “Bridges Are Ours” close at hand. I’m especially glad you included the 50th Field Hospital; it might be the only book(s) so far that includes them at all?
To clarify my point, I was more referring to a rigorous analysis on how the airborne medical apparatus’s developed, matured, adapted and eventually functioned, especially in relation to each other, and answer the questions such as why a unit such as the 50th was needed in a glider-borne capacity, all the structural changes in the 307th Med Co, etc. Normandy and Market Garden (especially the latter) are the culmination of previous experience in the Med. and experimentation in airborne aid, and the Doc McIlvoy book is the only one that I know of that really even touches the topic.
Yes, our books are the only books that mention the 50th Field Hospital. It was an interesting effort to try to clarify all the different units involved. Once the structure is clear, one can understand and appreciate the efforts of the battle surgeons.
Very interesting reading on an aspect of combat most histories ignore. When I launched my brief career as a Civil War reenactor I became interested in the aspect of vision and eyesight among the soldiers of the period as I did without glasses or contacts until I found a source for historically accurate eyewear. Eyesight and vision are apparently one of the most sensitive elements of the human body and back in an era without an optician or optometrist in every block most people just coped with what was a part of life. Never pursued the thought to other bodily systems but I have come to appreciate the older B&W movies about WW2 for the reality in which most of the actors looked like people who had lived through the Great Depression.
Tyler, although the scope of just the battle surgeons was beyond the scope of our books, Michel DeTrez and I, Peter Hendrikx, did pay attention to the medical support of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions in our pictorial histories "D-Day Minus - 17 September 1944" and "Orange is the Color of the Day", both about the 101st, and "Bridges are Ours" and "Burning Bridges" both about the 82nd. Many rare new photographs and information never found in any other history, from new sources, was included to give them their share of recognition.
Yes! And wonderful books they are. I keep “Bridges Are Ours” close at hand. I’m especially glad you included the 50th Field Hospital; it might be the only book(s) so far that includes them at all?
To clarify my point, I was more referring to a rigorous analysis on how the airborne medical apparatus’s developed, matured, adapted and eventually functioned, especially in relation to each other, and answer the questions such as why a unit such as the 50th was needed in a glider-borne capacity, all the structural changes in the 307th Med Co, etc. Normandy and Market Garden (especially the latter) are the culmination of previous experience in the Med. and experimentation in airborne aid, and the Doc McIlvoy book is the only one that I know of that really even touches the topic.
Yes, our books are the only books that mention the 50th Field Hospital. It was an interesting effort to try to clarify all the different units involved. Once the structure is clear, one can understand and appreciate the efforts of the battle surgeons.
Very interesting reading on an aspect of combat most histories ignore. When I launched my brief career as a Civil War reenactor I became interested in the aspect of vision and eyesight among the soldiers of the period as I did without glasses or contacts until I found a source for historically accurate eyewear. Eyesight and vision are apparently one of the most sensitive elements of the human body and back in an era without an optician or optometrist in every block most people just coped with what was a part of life. Never pursued the thought to other bodily systems but I have come to appreciate the older B&W movies about WW2 for the reality in which most of the actors looked like people who had lived through the Great Depression.
Love those movies too. There’s a depth actors today don’t have. Battleground is my favorite (American movie) of the era!
Mine, too! Definitely the best Battle of the Bulge movie.