Archive photo of the day
Combat Medic training, 1957
Stars and Stripes
August 16, 2025
(Don Hausser/Stars and Stripes)
Somewhere in South Korea, Jan. 26, 1957: Medics of Medical Company, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division treat a “wounded” soldier in the field. The medics participated in a field training exercise using combat scenarios to prepare the medics for service in a combat zone. The regiment’s I and R platoons played the role of the aggressors as the infantry medics learned to carry out their duties under fire.
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