Battle Station Sick Bay: Navy Medicine in World War II, 2d ed.

In this compelling history, Navy medical personnel recall the major role Navy Medicine played in World War II. Physicians, dentists, nurses, and hospital corpsmen report their gripping testimonies in both the European and Pacific theaters. Their courage and skills were both tested and sharpened at Pearl Harbor, Corregidor, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Normandy, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Whether on the beaches, aboard warships and hospital ships at sea, or held captive in POW camps throughout the Phili...