From the Roer to the Elbe With the 1st Medical Group: Medical Support of the Deliberate River Crossing

Casualties are an inevitable consequence of battle, and they are commonly
listed at the end of historical accounts as figures for dead and wounded. The
assumption, on reading these numbers, is that the dead were at some point,
during or after the battle, collected and the wounded treated. Rarely do battle
analysts devote more than passing attention to the medical support provided
these combatants.
Captain Donald E. Hall, in his special study on the 1st Medical Group in
World…