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Stretcher Bearers... At The Double!

Stretcher Bearers... At The Double!

Walter Noyes, Frederick

Paperback

Biographies GeneralCanadian HistoryKorean War

ISBN10: 9354488242
ISBN13: 9789354488245
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 18 2021
Pages: 428
Weight: 2.17
Height: 0.87 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Shellfire, mud, and urgent hands. In Stretcher Bearers... At The Double! Frederick Walter Noyes records what it meant to run towards the wounded when everyone else sought cover. Men fell; he kept moving. Part world war i memoir, part military medical memoir, this unvarnished account follows the daily strain of stretcher bearer experiences: lifting broken bodies from the western front trenches, navigating darkness and gas, and turning scraps of training into frontline first aid. It is the human logistics of battlefield casualty evacuation, told from the ground level where seconds matter and courage is practical. It tracks the hard chain of aid behind the line, from improvised regimental posts to field ambulances, where fatigue becomes routine. Noyes writes with clarity and restraint, giving readers trench warfare narratives that do not glamorise combat, yet never lose sight of comradeship, endurance, and the cost paid by ordinary men. For historians and educators, it stands as a classroom wwi primary source from the 1914-1918 great war, alongside the era's red cross ambulance stories that illuminate how armies survived as much by care as by firepower. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Presented as an unabridged classic edition with the complete original text, it belongs on the shelf of the classic-literature collector and in the hands of any reader seeking a direct, compassionate witness to war.

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