Transfusion, Rendezvous Point
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Painted from real life, this study portrays the administration of first aid and blood plasma to casualties during the campaign on Bougainville. At a station only a few hundred feet from the battlefront, the wounded are prepared for the grueling and hazardous trip back to a base hospital.
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Wars & Conflicts
- World War II 1939-1945
Navy Communities
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