110th Medical Battalion & Combat Medics Photo Album

                                                    Co. A litter bearers at aid station, July 1944.
    Warren West writes: "An apple orchard in our first area in combat. My foxhole is about 100 feet straight ahead. Kitchen truck is in field over hedgerow to the right. They made bouillon for the wounded."
    From left to right: Harry Hebb, unknown litter bearer, unknown medical personnel, Ed Howe, Warren Schladenhauffen, Jim Basset, Louis Beelart.  Take note of the station section's pyramidal tent, along with blanket cases on ground and extra litters on the right.

 

                                                                            Aid station (Co A) at Mortain
    A medical battalion consisted of a headquarters section, three collecting companies (A, B & C), and a clearing company (D). Company A generally served the 134th Infantry Regiment, B the 137th Infantry, and C the 320th. . Each clearing company had a headquarters section, a station section with medical personnel, a litter bearer platoon, an ambulance platoon, and other personnel.