{"product_id":"2940148850069","title":"From the Roer to the Elbe With the 1st Medical Group: Medical Support of the Deliberate River Crossing","description":"Casualties are an inevitable consequence of battle, and they are commonly\u003cbr\u003elisted at the end of historical accounts as figures for dead and wounded. The\u003cbr\u003eassumption, on reading these numbers, is that the dead were at some point,\u003cbr\u003eduring or after the battle, collected and the wounded treated. Rarely do battle\u003cbr\u003eanalysts devote more than passing attention to the medical support provided\u003cbr\u003ethese combatants.\u003cbr\u003eCaptain Donald E. Hall, in his special study on the 1st Medical Group in\u003cbr\u003eWorld War II, reminds us that procedures for treating the wounded have evolved\u003cbr\u003econsiderably since those days when death or amputation seemed the foregone\u003cbr\u003ealternatives for a serious wound to an appendage. By World War II, medical\u003cbr\u003esupport provided by the U.S. Army in combat had modified extensively and\u003cbr\u003eemployed multiple echelons of health care. Advances in medicine, medical\u003cbr\u003escience, and medical treatment also had improved the care of soldiers wounded\u003cbr\u003eunder the dangerous and unpredictble conditions of the modern battlefield.\u003cbr\u003eCaptain Hall describes for us the difficulties confronted in river-crossing\u003cbr\u003eoperations, where the removal and flow of casualties runs counter to the general\u003cbr\u003eflow of traffic to the front. Hall's study is timely and properly emphasizes the\u003cbr\u003enecessity for including medical support in meaningful battle analyses.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067964539120,"sku":"2940148850069","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148850069_p0.jpg?v=1763709091","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148850069","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}