The Medical Department: Medical Service in the Mediterranean and Minor Theaters (United States Army in World War II: The Technical Services, Medical Department Volume 2)

xxvi, 664 pp. Includes 39 tables, 43 maps, 128 illustrations, 4 appendixes, bibliographical note, glossary, and index. "The initial chapter covers the work of the Army Medical Department at the Atlantic outposts established in 1941 before the initiation of major deployments to the Mediterranean and European theaters. The remaining chapters describe the Army medical service in the campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and southern France. Included in the appendixes are a survey of the organization and operations of the German medical service and a brief discussion of the hospitalization and evacuation system of French forces serving with U.S. troops in the theater." (United States Army in World War II Reader's Guide, pp. 110-1).