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Can I read The 56th Evac. Hospital: Letters of a WWII Army Doctor (War & the Southwest) on EtoBox?
The 56th Evac. Hospital: Letters of a WWII Army Doctor (War & the Southwest) by Lawrence D. Collins is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The 56th Evac. Hospital: Letters of a WWII Army Doctor (War & the Southwest) about?
Collins chronicles his experiences from training in Texas to service in Italy at Paestum, Dragoni, and worst of all, the desperate Hell's Half Acre” of Anzio Beach, where, because of frequent shelling of the hospitals, patients were known to go AWOL to the front. His book is a rare opportunity to view WWII from the perspective of those whose task it was to treat the sick and wounded.
Who reads The 56th Evac. Hospital: Letters of a WWII Army Doctor (War & the Southwest)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Lawrence D. Collins
- Publisher
- University of North Texas Press
- Published
- 1995
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780585245188
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Memoir, History, Biography
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