WWII Field Hospitals?

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WWII Field Hospitals?

During WWII when airborne soldiers dropped behind enemy lines, what happened when they were shot. As they did not have kevlar in the 40s, were airborne soldiers the day before D-Day screwed as soon as they were shot? Did they have medics in the airborne squads?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: a field hospital platoon supported an infantry division and was usually located at the level of the clearing station. Its function was to operate solely on casulties hit in the chest, abdomen, or large bone of the leg. Of course, other wounds were fixed at the same time, but the idea was to bring major surgery as close to the line as possible. All other casualties followed the route described by Winston, back to the evac hospitals. Each of the field hospital's three platoons consisted of about 60 enlisted men, six nurses, and about a half dozen surgeons