WW2 Combat Medics

Thanks for adding here Geoff. You know that kit of medical supplies you have in the sunroom? Is that a actually a "medics kit" or a standard first aid kit?

Ted O'Halloran sounds like he could certainly tell a lot of first hand experiences of being a medic. From the training and prep and through to D-Day and way beyond, the (kit?) supplies and tools they had to work with (or had to do without and had to improvise. WHY did they do without? HOW did they improvise?) and then the realities of actually doing that job. I know that becoming, and being, a medic, has a lot of unique experiences to that group going through the war ... as medics. I imagine everything from humor and hilarity to pride to frustration to boredom to extreme grief, and amazing successes, and everything in between, etc. All the ups and downs of being a combat medic, up to and including when not actually involved in combat (things quiet and no combat happening today, "down time" sort of thing)

I also can't imagine any other position of service that can have so many extreme highs and lows as does being a medic dealing with the immediacy of major trauma crisis of wounded and/or dieing, especially when all hell has broken loose with combat happening all round them, as "this is the job description". I can't imagine, for any reasons, any vet ever boasting ... or even wanting to talk too specifically about the actual details of the actual medical emergencies with people and specific scenarios they experienced unless it served some "good" purpose to do so or they were sharing with their trusted comrades ... especially about the losses

I don't want to focus on just the saddest aspects, because there's so much more involved in being a medic than those parts. Like, what is a medic, what is their role and how were they prepared and how did they do their jobs. What do they have to work with? ... and so on

Here's one, what did they DRIVE!!! I KNOW one or some of you will post some photos now

Thank you,

Karmen