Photos Photos of the US Army in the ETO

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Tech Sergeant Meredith Rogers with the 2nd Infantry Division in Normandy showing bullet holes in his helmet - July 1944
Meredith Jennings Rogers was born in California on October 15, 1913, he entered the service from North Carolina, survived WW2 and passed away in Buncombe County North Carolina on December 21, 1994 at the age of 81

LIFE Magazine Archives - Scherschel Photographer

 

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US 473d Infantry Regiment (Separate) casualty is evacuated to the rear. Picture taken 10 April 1945 during the fighting for Massa. The 473d Inf Regt, only activated 14 Jan 45 at Montecatini, took part in the North Apennines and Po Valley campaigns.

 

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A wounded GI is brought to an Evacuation Hospital via ambulance in Italy. The litter bearer treads carefully in the mud, as the casualty is taken to the Receiving Ward.

 

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A wounded American soldier is evacuated, via WC54 Ambulance to a Hospital somewhere in England. He has already been evacuated by ship from the Normandy coast. Photograph taken June 12, 1944.

 

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Air evacuation by C-47. Patients are being flown from a medical holding unit in Germany to a General Hospital in France, March 1945.

 

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Allied casualties are being evacuated by American landing craft to a Hospital Ship. Picture taken after Operation Husky (Invasion of Sicily).

 

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American soldiers await evacuation by ambulance to the next echelon on medical care. A French civilian hands out cigarettes and matches to the G.I.s; she wears the wool knit Jeep Cap

 

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An Associated Press photograph showing wounded American and German soldiers awaiting evacuation to England following savage fighting in Europe.

 

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Army Nurse, Lt. Marie Pickhardt on board a Hospital Train. She daily travels all over France with patients, evacuating casualties from the front to rear Hospitals. Picture taken in December 1944.

 

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Evacuation of enemy wounded by American Ambulances, Omaha Beach, inland, June 1944.

 

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Field Ambulances and Air Evacuation; different arms and different services, yet they work well together, and the patient always comes first!

 

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First US Army Litter Bearers aided by AAF personnel load a wounded German PW aboard a CG4A Waco Glider. Picture taken in Germany in spring of 1945.

 

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Illustration of evacuation by Ambulance Jeep. A patient is being secured to the Litter, strapped to the frame and bracket in the front part of the vehicle. E.T.O. fall of 1944.

 

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Image showing C-47 Mary Co-Ed II, which was used as a medevac aircraft throughout the Normandy campaign. The number of missions she has flown are clearly visible by the presence of the painted red crosses underneath the cockpit

 

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Medical personnel evacuate wounded American soldiers off the bridge at Remagen following the collpse of the bridge. Notice once again the variation in medical helmet markings. March 17th, 1945.