Medics Treat German Wounded
As Well As American

Applying new bandages to a wounded German is Capt. Samuel Pallante Westville, N.J. (shown above) part of the Medical Detactment of the infantry regiments. Note Krauts in left background with hands still raised.

One medic who merits the praise of his fellow doughboys, is Pvt. Joseph R. Bellah of Duquesne. Pa.

During an enemy counterattack, Bellah administered first-aid to many wounded soldiers while subject to small arms fire. Although harassed by snipers, he evacuated one casualty by carrying him on his soldiers.

After the enemy attack had been repulsed, he dressed the stomach and leg wounds of a captured Kraut. “That Jerry really needed attention” remarked Pvt. Bellah, “so I gave him morphine and tried to stop his heavy bleeding.”

Medic Stays on Job Despite Wounds

Despite the fact that he was wounded in the leg by a mortar fragment, Medico Corporal Everett E. Dorsey, Mount Vernon, Ohio, stayed on the job until he was forced to return to the rear.

While a large group of men were taking refuge from a terrific mortar barrage during the drive on Rome, 16 soldiers, including Corporal Dorsey, were hit by fragments. Hearing the cries for “Medico,” the corporal disregarded his own wounds and went to work on his buddies.
After seeing that the casualties were placed on litters and removed to the nearest aid station, the platoon officer saw that Dorsey continued to limp in search of more wounded men.

As he rendered first aid, Dorsey was constantly exposed to shell fire. “You don’t think about shells when something like that happens,” he remarked. “All you think about is the job you’ve got to do.”

In returning to the aid station, Corporal Dorsey bore one end of a litter that carried another wounded man.