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Hospital at War: The 95th Evacuation Hospital in World War II (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series) Hardcover – November 9, 2004

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During World War II, the army established 107 evacuation hospitals to care for the wounded and sick in theaters around the world. An evacuation hospital was a forward hospital accepting patients from the battlefield. It was where the wounded first received definitive care.

Formed at Camp Breckenridge, the 95th Evac arrived in Casablanca in April 1943, with seven thousand troops, thirty doctors, and forty nurses. First pitching their tents at Oujda, they moved eastward toward Algeria before making a D-day landing on the beaches of Salerno, Italy, on September 9, 1939. Shortly thereafter, they entered Naples, then set up shop at Anzio before moving on to become the first American hospital to penetrate Nazi-occupied Europe. After the guns were silent, records show that these doctors and nurses had treated over 42,000 Americans in almost all the critical battles of the European theater: Salerno, Monetcassino, Anzio, southern France, the Battle of the Bulge, the Rhineland, and finally, the invasion into Germany.

Hospital at War is the story of the 95th Evac Hospital as told by Zachary Friedenberg, a young surgeon at the time, fresh out of his internship. He tells the story of how the men and women of the 95th survived the war. He describes how they solved problems and learned to treat the war-wounded in the extreme heat of North Africa and during the frigid winters of the Rhineland. He tells how they endured shelling and a bombing of the hospital and how they adjusted to the people and the countries in which they worked.

By the end of their two-year tour of duty, the men and women of the 95th Evac were superbly efficient. A casualty who made it to their facilities had a 99 percent chance of surviving. For anyone who wants to know how so many of our boys made it home despite horrific injuries, this book provides part of the answer.

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Zachary Friedenberg earned his medical degree at Columbia University and joined the army in 1941. He served in Europe for more than two years and finished his residency at the hospital of the University of Pennsylvania after his return from the war. He became a professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, where he still teaches.

Series: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series (Book 96)
Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press; 1 edition (November 9, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1585443794
ISBN-13: 978-1585443796
Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.7 x 9.2 inches
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Very Interesting Reading

ByEmmaD2on March 6, 2012

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Very detailed and absorbing account of the medical corps in North Africa and Italy. Explanations were given to help the reader understand the difficult process of moving the evac hospitals whenever and wherever the American front lines required their services. An account was also given as to the stages of care given to the casualties from the front lines to the hospitals in the states, if necessary. The medical teams were not immune to the attacks by the enemy and the doctors and nurses shared in the terror of bombings and assaults. This book gave me a much greater understanding of the difficult work by dedicated men and women to keep our troops alive.

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Not bad, but not good either.

ByKEVIN C. DELAHANTYon May 12, 2017

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I'm a physician & have been deployed twice during armed conflict. I purchased & read this book because I wished to know what it was like for my forbears. This book was dry. It was replete with technicalities on how a field hospital is organized & how it travels. As for the author's personal experiences he seemed more interested in telling how may patients were cared for at each stop along the way, how some wounds were treated, & was was the procedure for evacuation from the front to the rear. I was hoping for a more personal story of his experiences & what he witnessed. He mentions that one of the physicians committed suicide but does not delve into the circumstances or repercussions. I just felt as if, typical of physicians, he was just presenting the facts & provided very little of the human aspect of his story. In short, I wanted more flesh and less bones.

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ByHard to Pleaseon May 17, 2007

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This is a very engaging-read. This author is writing from first hand experience, and he draws you right in to the landing beaches on the shores of Italy, in World War II. The 95th Evacuation Hospital has a rich history in performance under fire, and Dr. Friedenberg has captured both the human travails of that time, and the professional devotion to close - combat support, which brought the Hospital onto the front lines of the war.

This was a real page-turner for me, I couldn't put it down.I would recommend this book for anyone who had family or friends in the European Theater, in WWII. The Author recounts the three amphibious landings which the Hospital was assigned to,and the perilous challenges which brought this Unit several Commendations for Meritorious Service. This is both a history book, and a revealing look into the raw character of the generation which forged a new benchmark for emergency medical care.

Here-in, we see the elements which define our Greatest Generation, and the insights are poignant way-markers, which reveal the character of our parents and grandparents, of the WWII generation.

This is a timely, and rewarding review of our history -- at War..

W.O. Courter

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ByMiss. Anthropeon June 16, 2016

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This is an excellent book. It is very informative, giving lot of information while being easy to read!

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