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I just keep remembering things. After he passed when we were sorting out his things, we found his Medic bag that he brought home.
It still had a number of Morphine syrettes in it & among gauze bandages & other first aid items, there were about 30 large safety pins strung along one one safety pin to hold them together.
He had told me at one time that he used safety pins stuck through ripped wounds to close them as well as possible till the wounded could reach more advanced treatment.

Also, the Red Crosses they were required to wear on their arms & helmets were perfect targets. You know unyielding regulations back then. So,they somehow stuffed socks under the helmets to raise them higher on their heads
& moved the red crosses on the arms to the wrist.
I have a picture of one of his Medic friends with two buddies on each side of him pointing up to him in the middle & the raised helmet he was wearing with an obvious bullet hole in the middle of the red cross.
I just can’t imagine.

A PERFECT example of the Americans who endured the most awful we as humans can do in order for us/we to reside in a comfort beyond the comprehension of themselves at that time. Freedom is not free and I am of the belief that God truly has blessed this great nation. But right along side of that is the flip side of the coin ...evil which discounts and pays lip service to ALL of those who served...while they undermine this Republic every chance they can. Thank you so much for the insight into your Fathers service. May God be with you always!