Research Catalog

Title

Doctor danger forward : a World War II memoir of a combat medical aidman, First Infantry Division / by Allen N. Towne.

Author

Towne, Allen N.

Publication

Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Co., [2000], ©2000.

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Description

v, 194 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

• "As a combat medical aidman of Company B, 1st Medical Battalion, First Infantry Division, Allen N. Towne experienced some of the pivotal events of World War II. "Doctor B," as his unit was known, was attached to the 18th Regimental Combat Team and moved with them, providing continuous close medical support.".
• "Covering both little-known engagements, and such historic moments as the victory over Rommel in North Africa, the campaign in Sicily, and the D Day landings at Omaha Beach, this book is both a memoir and a history of one of the war's most impressive units. Based on both official "morning reports" and the author's personal notes, this work chronicles events both epic and intimate."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Towne, Allen N
• United States. Army > Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 > Medical care > United States
• World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American
• Emergency medical technicians > United States > Biography

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

1. Troubled Times -- 2. Pearl Harbor -- 3. Maneuvers in Scotland -- 4. The First Battle -- 5. With the British Army -- 6. Kasserine -- 7. El Guettar -- 8. Victory in North Africa -- 9. Sicily -- 10. Sicilian Interlude -- 11. Back in England -- 12. Omaha Beach -- 13. Breakout -- 14. Race Through France and Belgium -- 15. Aachen -- 16. Bloody Hurtgen -- 17. Battle of the Bulge -- 18. Crossing the Rhine -- 19. Ruhr Pocket -- 20. To the Elbe -- 21. The Last Battle -- 22. European War Over -- 23. Reflections.

ISBN

0786406615 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

LCCN

99042439

OCLC

• 42072194
• ocm42072194

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries