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Miracles of the Battlefront: Jumping "Docs" Cut Marines' Casualties. Smack into the hottest spots of enemy territory jump the paratroopers of the U.S. Marines. And with them come the "Docs" - Navy-trained hospital corpsmen. Every detachment of Marine paratroops has several "Docs" who make the jumps with their bags of dressings, instruments, and modern drugs. They're equipped with morphine Syrettes, sulfa drugs, splints, and transfusion kits. They're expert at saving lives. Whenever ... whenever a Marine is wounded, the hospital corpman is nearly always close at hand to give first aid. This speedy, fearless work, followed by the care that the wounded get from skillful Navy surgeons, is responsible for the remarkably low death rate in this war. Figures to date show that among wounded Marines only 2.2 per cent have died. That nickname "Doc" personifies the boundless trust and respect of all the fighting men of the Navy and Marine Corps. And the man they call "Doc" is doing much to make this war the safest for the wounded. ..... 1944 E.R. Squibb & Sons Ad, A5089.