World War II: The Home Front

Marion Greenwood, Advanced Reconditioning, England General Hospital, Atlantic City, 1944. A shoulder wheel used after arm and shoulder injuries.

Marion Greenwood, The Dental Front, England General Hospital, Atlantic City, 1944. Having survived the battlefront they must now face the dentist!

Marion Greenwood, SpeedingRecovery, AtlanticCity, 1944. Physical therapy following surgery.

Marion Greenwood, Occupational Therapy, Atlantic City, 1944. A wounded soldier weaves a belt with the aid of an apparatus designed to exercise his injured arm.

Marion Greenwood, X-ray of Head Before Operation.

Ernest Fiene, Life Giving Plasma. Drawing off plasma from blood cells.

Francis Criss, Inspecting Food, Washington, DC.

Francis Criss, Making Typhoid Vaccine, Washington, DC. Production of Typhoid vaccine in an army laboratory. In the Second World War, typhoid was nearly nonexistent among American forces.

Francis Criss, Malaria Control, Washington, DC.

Francis Criss, Mind Reader, Washington, DC.

Franklin Boggs, Return to the Golden Gate, San Francisco, 1944. 

Fred Shane, Training School Nazi, Carlisle Barracks, PA 1944.

Fred Shane, Men Without Guns, Carlisle Barracks, PA 1944.

Fred Shane, Water Chlorination, Carlisle Barracks, PA 1944.

Fred Shane, Steel Coffin, Carlisle Barracks, PA 1944. Demonstration of the use of a harness to assist in the problematic removal of casualties from tanks.

John Stuart Curry, Collecting Station, CampBarkeley, TX,1944.

Joseph Hirsch, Nurse in Newfoundland. A nurse going to her post at 6 A.M.

Manuel Tolegian, Laboratory Warfare, Camp White, OR, 1944. Researching defenses against germs, microbes, and other pathogenic bacteria.

Manuel Tolegian, Front Line Nursing, Camp White, OR, 1944.

Manuel Tolegian, Teamwork in the Field, Camp White, OR, 1944.

Robert Benney, Double Deck of Aces, Hospital Train. A load of wounded soldiers relaxing and looking out at the U.S.A. landscape.