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    Q&A: How American medical institutions helped make D-day a success 80 years ago today

    by Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times Jun 06, 2024 4 minutes
    American medics administer first aid to wounded soldiers on Utah beach in Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, whilst in the background other troops "dig-in" in the soft sand.

    The beginning of the end of World War II occurred 80 years ago Thursday, when roughly 160,000 Allied troops made landfall in Normandy on D-day. The initial battle against some 50,000 armed Germans resulted in thousands of American, British and Canadian casualties, many with grave injuries.

    Who would care for them?

    By June 6, 1944, the United States medical establishment had spent years preparing to treat these initial patients — and the legions of wounded warriors that were sure to follow.

    The curriculum for medical schools was accelerated. Internship and residency training was compressed. Hundreds of thousands of women were enticed to enroll in nursing schools tuition-free.

    — and others — were trained to serve as combat medics, becoming the first link in a newly developed "chain of, and outfitted as flying ambulances that hadn't existed during World War I.

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