Injured man receives medical treatment aboard a ship in the Pacific Ocean (probably), 1943-1945
Official U.S. Coast Guard photograph, Gift of Stacy Hutchinson, from the Collections of the National WWII Museum
Description:
An injured soldier, probably a Japanese prisoner of war, lays on operating table while being looked after by American medical staff. He is being given a morphine drip or blood plasma, likely aboard a ship's sick bay. "2191-2." "U.S. Coast Guard Official Picture, 3rd Naval District." Pacific Ocean (probably), 1943-1945.
Image Information
Donor:
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Date:
1943
1945
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Collection Level:
Collection of U.S. Official Coast Guard images.
Geography:
Pacific Ocean
Latitude:
-0.500
Longitude:
-91.000
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Medical equipment & supplies
Medical personnel--American
Sick bays
Prisoners of war--Japanese
Medical aspects of war