OH 1286 | Oral History

OH 1286

Surgeon. His experiences as a surgeon in North Africa, Italy, and France during World War II. Induction into the U.S. Army Medical Department and assignment to the Surgical Hospital, Fort Meade, 1941; three-month assignment to the Mayo Clinic, 1942; assignment to the Massachusetts General Hospital and the forming of the 2nd Auxiliary Surgical Group, 1942; convoy across the Atlantic and various assignments in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, 1942-43; invasion of Italy, 1943; encounter with Time correspondent Jack Belden; organizing the surgical teams; Salerno invasion, 1943; Winter Line Campaign, 1943-44; Anzio-Nettuno invasion, 1944; performing surgery under combat conditions; Po Valley Campaign, 1945; his role in the compilation of the War Department publication Surgery in World War II (Volume II): General Surgery; first use of penicillin to prevent gas gangrene; value of penicillin on the black market; field X-ray facilities; blood replacement; treatment of abdominal wounds and the use of colostomies; treatment of flesh wounds.

About this Oral History

Physical Description 59 pp.
Terms of Use Open
Interviewer(s) Robert Trotter
Date of Interview June 26, 1998

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