NARRATOR TELLS OF THE UNARMED COMBAT MEDICAL MEN,
HIS BRAVERY UNDER FIRE AND HIS IMPORTANT PART IN
THE WAR. HE ALSO TELLS OF THE NEED AND USE OF
BLOOD

LS- A WOUNDED GI IS MOVED ON A STRETCHER DOWN A
HILL ON A CABLE SET UP. ANOTHER IS HELPED DOWN A
SHEER CLIFF WITH 3 MEN USING MOUNTAIN TRAINING
METHODS.

MS- A MEDIC HOLDS A BOTTLE OF BLOOD PLASMA AS
ANOTHER INJECTS IT INTO THE ARM OF A FALLEN GI.

MS- MEDICS STRAP A WOUNDED TO THE LANDING GEAR OF
A HELICOPTER ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THIS PURPOSE
WHEN THE CHOPPER LANDS AN AMBULANCE IS WAITING.

MS- NURSE APPLIES ANESTHESIA. CU- A BOTTLE OF
WHOLE BLOOD IS GIVEN

MS- LINE OF GIS WAITING ON LINE TO GIVE BLOOD.
PAN OF PEOPLE ON COTS AND NURSES AT THEIR SIDES.

MS- AFTER MEDICAL EXAM THE GI GIVES BLOOD. CU-GI
LAYING ON COT GIVING BLOOD.

MS- BLOOD PINTS ARE PLACED IN A REFRIGERATOR.
CU- THE PINTS ARE PLACED IN A TUB OF ICE FOR
SHIPMENT. MS- RED CROSS WORKERS CARRY A CONTAINER
WITH THE BLOOD TO AVAN AND THEN TO A PLANE.

CU- MAN'S OPENS AND CLOSES HIS FINGERS TO PUMP
THE BLOOD FASTER.THE BOTTLE IS SHAKEN TO PREVENT
CLOTTING.

MS- WOUNDED LAY IN BUNKS ON HOSPITAL SHIP AT SEA

MS- COLONEL C.C. ARTHUR, PERSONAL PHYSICIAN OF
GENERAL MACARTHUR IN JAPAN TALKS ABOUT BLOOD
TRANSFUSIONS GIVEN TO THE WORSE CASES SENT TO
JAPAN HOSPITAL FROM THE FRONT.