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.
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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.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0929398831. War & the Southwest Series #4; B & W Photographs; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 304 pages; 1995 University of North Texas Press. HC/DJ 1st edition, 1st printing. Snugly bound and fresh in sharp edged and uniformly bright pictorial dust jacket. Just trace shelf evidence to jacket edges. Illustrated with historical b&w photos. Handsome copy about as new. NF/NF.