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Rescue of a Nurse
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| While on patrol in the Bulge, the Germans had artillery over the area. I went on till I saw a white bit of cloth by a log. I went over and there was a woman lying almost hidden. I thought she was dead but after checking her heart, I found she was breathing but unconscious and in shock. I put my jacket under her head. |
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| An artillery shell had hit her in the buttocks taking a piece off of her 6 inches long and 3 inches wide. She hadn’t bled to death as the artillery shell was so hot it seared the wound, leaving hundreds of pin points of blood with no flow. |
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| I got out my first aid kit and dressed the wound. She still hadn’t come to so I picked her up and started away from the Germans and yelling for a medic over and over. |
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| The job of medics during the battle (photo N.A.R.A.) |
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| After what seemed like ages I got an answer and some medics came out of the woods. I told them what happened and they said they would take her to the First Aid Station and then to a hospital. |
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| I never got her name but she looked like a nurse that had taken a walk and got lost and wondered into a German artillery barrage. I hope they got her to a hospital on time. |
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I went back to my company and as usual the commander said some day a sniper will get you or you’ll step on a mine and I’ll put you down as a deserter. I said, “You do that, Captain?”
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| Source: Bulge Bugle, May 1996 |
