U.S. Army in World War II
CMH Pub 10-7, Cloth
1956, 1989; 503 pages, tables, charts, illustrations, bibliographical note, glossary, index

The logistics of hospitalization and evacuation, the care of wounded and their transport.

U.S. Army in World War II
CMH Pub 10-23, Cloth; CMH Pub 10-23-1, Paper
1992; 652 pages, tables, charts, illustrations, maps, diagrams, glossary, index

The Medical Department: Medical Service in the European Theater of Operations is one of three volumes recounting the organizational and operational overseas activities of the U.S. Army Medical Department during World War II. Graham A. Cosmas and Albert E. Cowdrey ably describe how the military medical system organized, trained, and deployed; how hospitals were built and supplies assembled and moved forward; and how casualties were treated and evacuated from the field of battle. The volume supports the proposition that the experience of medical personnel in war directly stimulates advances in medical science. The principles of medical organization remain of vital importance, the exploits of the doctors, corpsmen, and medical support units providing a model for the planning and organization of medical support in today's Army.

U.S. Army in World War II
CMH Pub 10-8, Cloth
1966, 1987; 664 pages, tables, maps, illustrations, bibliographical note, glossary, index

Emphasizing the evolution of organizations and the use of personnel, this volume analyzes methods of evacuating the wounded or sick soldier and the effort to control disease in those areas under the control of the Army. An appendix looks at German medical service in the African and European areas covered by the volume.

U.S. Army in World War II
CMH Pub 10-24, Cloth; CMH Pub 10-24-1, Paper
1998; 485 pages, tables, charts, maps, illustrations, bibliographical note, glossary, index

Medical Service in the War Against Japan is one of three volumes recounting the organizational and operational overseas activities of the U.S. Army Medical Department during World War II. In the context of fierce combat operations waged in the joint/combined command Asian-Pacific theaters extending from Australia to Alaska and from the Gilbert Islands to Burma, Mary Ellen Condon-Rall and Albert E. Cowdrey describe how the Army's senior medical officers pooled their talents with the scientific knowledge of the day and overcame vast distances, diverse climates, logistical problems, and rapidly changing circumstances to support and maintain the strength of troops fighting in remote disease-ridden environments. In the course of the war against Japan, these dedicated professionals realized significant advances in military medicine, developing new drugs and techniques for preventing and controlling disease, fielding hospitals and units uniquely equipped to support jungle and island fighting, and perfecting amphibious medical support. Flexible organization, ingenuity, and the latest scientific advances helped medical personnel to support infantry combat teams on isolated islands or in dense jungles, to prevent and control disease, to adapt medical care for amphibious operations, and to treat and evacuate casualties over difficult terrain and then by sea or air.