Soldiers from I and R Platoon, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division fire at their regiment’s medics during a field training exercise. (Don Hausser/Stars and Stripes)
This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Jan. 27, 1958. It is republished unedited in its original form.
HQ., U.S. 24th Inf. Div., Korea — Medical Co., 19th Inf. Regt., fought a “battle” last week in a test of its ability to defend itself against a surrounding force of airborne aggressors.
Two 19th Infantry Regiment medics administer plasma to a “wounded” man. (Don Hausser/Stars and Stripes)
A litter team of Medical Company, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division carries a "wounded" soldier from the battle area to the collection station. (Don Hausser/Stars and Stripes)
A "wounded" soldier is strapped to the landing skids of an H-13 helicopter for medical evacuation. (Don Hausser/Stars and Stripes)
Medics of Medical Company, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division treat a “wounded” soldier in the field. (Don Hausser/Stars and Stripes)
Medics of Medical Company, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry take cover from fire as they ready their weapons and asses the situation. (Don Hausser/Stars and Stripes)
Assuming the dual role of medic-infantrymen, the men evacuated the company administrative area, set up a collecting station in the field and maintained a defensive perimeter against the “aggressors” — the 19th Inf. Regt. I & R Platoon.
Cooks and drivers became riflemen, ambulances swooshed down icy slopes to the collecting station, and litter sections breached barbed wire fences to recover frontline casualties on snow-covered hills. They set up a defense around a copter strip to evacuate the “wounded.”
