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Lt. Gen. George S. Patton remarked that the "45th Infantry Division
is one of the best, if not the best division that the American army
has ever produced." Such praise, however, came at a steep price,
for the 45th saw some of the fiercest fighting in the European
campaign--from Sicily to Anzio and from southern France to
Germany--and racked up one of the highest casualty rates. Through
it all, medic Robert "Doc Joe" Franklin--drafted in 1942 and thrust
into combat with no specific training or knowledge for treating war
wounds--soldiered on, fighting as hard to keep his men alive as the
enemy fought to kill them. The story of his career as a frontline
medic, one of the first memoirs written by an aid-man, is told here
with simplicity, unflinching honesty, and grit.
Studded with memorable vignettes--of a friend who "smells" the
Germans long before they appear, the dog that acts as an artillery
spotter, the lieutenant who can't see beyond a few hundred
feet--Franklin's memoir documents the almost unbearable drama of
ground gained and lives lost, as well as the terrible human toll of
battle on himself, his comrades, and civilians quite literally
caught in the crossfire. A rare look at the fight for lives laid on
the line, "Medic " brings to life the reality of war.
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