The 56th Evac. Hospital : letters of a WWII army doctor /
Collins, Lawrence D., 1907-
The 56th Evac. Hospital : letters of a WWII army doctor / 56th Evacuation Hospital Lawrence D. Collins ; introduction by Carlo W. D'Este. - 1st ed. - Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, ©1995. - 1 online resource (xx, 284 pages) : illustrations - War and the Southwest series ; no. 4 . - War and the Southwest series ; no. 4. .
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""I see no way that we junior officers will ever be prepared for any major surgery ... I've a premonition that in time it is inevitable. We'll have to perform major surgery on our own, ready or not." Thus wrote Dr. L.D. Collins at the beginning of his tour of duty with the 56th Evacuation Hospital (a mobile tent hospital similar to the M*A*S*H units of Korean War fame), largely staffed by men and women who trained at the Baylor University College of Medicine in Dallas, Texas." "Collins chronicles the experiences of the "Baylor Unit," from its training in Texas, through the relatively uncomplicated months in Morocco and Bizerte, to its service in Italy at Paestum, Dragoni, and worst of all, the desperate "Hell's Half Acre" of Anzio Beach. Because of frequent shelling of the hospitals, patients were known to go AWOL to the front, where it was considered safer. During the Anzio campaign, 92 medical personnel were killed in action, 387 were wounded, 19 captured and 60 more missing in action."--Jacket
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English.
0585245185 (electronic bk.) 9780585245188 (electronic bk.)
94045516
Collins, Lawrence D., 1907- --Correspondence.
Collins, Lawrence D., 1907-
Collins, Lawrence D., 1907-
United States. Army. Evacuation Hospital, 56th --History.
United States. Army --Biography.
United States Army. Evacuation Hospital, 56th
United States Army
États-Unis. Army --Biographies.
United States. Army.
United States. Army. Evacuation Hospital, 56th.
1939 - 1945
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.
Physicians.
War.
Physicians
Armed Conflicts
Médecins.
Guerre.
physicians.
armed conflicts.
wars.
HISTORY--Military--World War II.
Soldiers.
United States.
Collected Correspondence
Personal Narrative
Correspondence
Biography
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
History.
Personal narratives--American.
Personal correspondence.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Biographies.
D807.U6 / C565 1995eb
940.54/7573/092
1995 G-078 WZ 100 / C7126 1995
The 56th Evac. Hospital : letters of a WWII army doctor / 56th Evacuation Hospital Lawrence D. Collins ; introduction by Carlo W. D'Este. - 1st ed. - Denton, Tex. : University of North Texas Press, ©1995. - 1 online resource (xx, 284 pages) : illustrations - War and the Southwest series ; no. 4 . - War and the Southwest series ; no. 4. .
Includes index.
Use copy
""I see no way that we junior officers will ever be prepared for any major surgery ... I've a premonition that in time it is inevitable. We'll have to perform major surgery on our own, ready or not." Thus wrote Dr. L.D. Collins at the beginning of his tour of duty with the 56th Evacuation Hospital (a mobile tent hospital similar to the M*A*S*H units of Korean War fame), largely staffed by men and women who trained at the Baylor University College of Medicine in Dallas, Texas." "Collins chronicles the experiences of the "Baylor Unit," from its training in Texas, through the relatively uncomplicated months in Morocco and Bizerte, to its service in Italy at Paestum, Dragoni, and worst of all, the desperate "Hell's Half Acre" of Anzio Beach. Because of frequent shelling of the hospitals, patients were known to go AWOL to the front, where it was considered safer. During the Anzio campaign, 92 medical personnel were killed in action, 387 were wounded, 19 captured and 60 more missing in action."--Jacket
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
0585245185 (electronic bk.) 9780585245188 (electronic bk.)
94045516
Collins, Lawrence D., 1907- --Correspondence.
Collins, Lawrence D., 1907-
Collins, Lawrence D., 1907-
United States. Army. Evacuation Hospital, 56th --History.
United States. Army --Biography.
United States Army. Evacuation Hospital, 56th
United States Army
États-Unis. Army --Biographies.
United States. Army.
United States. Army. Evacuation Hospital, 56th.
1939 - 1945
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.
Physicians.
War.
Physicians
Armed Conflicts
Médecins.
Guerre.
physicians.
armed conflicts.
wars.
HISTORY--Military--World War II.
Soldiers.
United States.
Collected Correspondence
Personal Narrative
Correspondence
Biography
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
History.
Personal narratives--American.
Personal correspondence.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Biographies.
D807.U6 / C565 1995eb
940.54/7573/092
1995 G-078 WZ 100 / C7126 1995