Surgical Team, Stripped to the Waist | Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs
Title:
Surgical Team, Stripped to the Waist
Date:
1943 March
Description:
In the heat of the midday African Sun, the surgical teams operated stripped to the waist and left the operating theater tent door wide open to get whatever breath of wind there might be.
They had been operating day and night because they had so many seriously wounded patients, both British and German. In this photo, the surgeon is searching for a bit of shrapnel in a soldier’s groin.
Location: 12th LFA [Light Field Ambulances], near El Hamma, Tunisia.
Phys. Desc:
Available as 200 dpi JPEG or 600 dpi TIFF.
ID:
NA12
Repository:
Archives of the American Field Service and AFS Intercultural Programs
Found in:
John C. Cobb Photographic Collection, 1943-2004
Series 1: Photographs, 1943-2004 Subseries 1B: North Africa, 1943-2004 Folder 2: Photographs (Digital Files, NA 1-31a, NA 1-31b), ca. 2002-2004
Series 1: Photographs, 1943-2004 Subseries 1B: North Africa, 1943-2004 Folder 2: Photographs (Digital Files, NA 1-31a, NA 1-31b), ca. 2002-2004Creators:
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Publisher:
Scanned by John C. Cobb or Picture Perfect ca. 2002-2004.
Rights:
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