25193 - U.S. Infantry Medic with Stretcher, 1943-45 Fisrt Legion WWII Normandy Waffen-SS The riflemen wore a newly-designed

The riflemen wore a newly-designed short jacket with a 3-inch red edge binding the bottom

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that fought entirely in the Eastern Theater

Sometime later another German assault began and the L/Sgt

25193 - U.S. Infantry Medic with Stretcher, 1943-45 Fisrt Legion WWII Normandy Waffen-SS The riflemen wore a newly-designedU. 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