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  • Battlefield Surgeon: Life and Death on the Front Lines of World War II

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  • Written by: Paul A. Kennedy
  • Narrated by: Ellery Truesdell
  • Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins

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Battlefield Surgeon: Life and Death on the Front Lines of World War II

Written by: Paul A. Kennedy
Narrated by: Ellery Truesdell
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In November 1942, Paul Andrew Kennedy (1912-1993) boarded the St. Elena in New York Harbor and sailed for Casablanca as part of Operation Torch, the massive Allied invasion of North Africa. As a member of the US Army's 2nd Auxiliary Surgical Group, he spent the next 34 months working in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany, in close proximity to the front lines and often under air or artillery bombardment. He was uncomfortable, struck by the sorrows of war, and homesick for his wife, for whom he kept detailed diaries to ease his unrelenting loneliness.

In Battlefield Surgeon, Kennedy's son Christopher has edited his father's journals and provided historical context to produce an invaluable personal chronicle. What emerges is a vivid record of the experiences of a medical officer in the European theater of operations in World War II. Despite the enormous success of the popular M*A*S*H franchise, there are still surprisingly few authentic accounts of military doctors and medical practice during wartime. This remarkable firsthand account offers an essential perspective on the Second World War.

©2016 The University Press of Kentucky (P)2016 Redwood Audiobooks

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"An intimate and dramatic view into the experiences, thoughts, and emotions of an Army surgeon." (John T. Greenwood, Former Chief Historian, Office of The Surgeon General)

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