| Sarre’ Union, France: March 15 – 24, 1945 |
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WARNING: This page contains graphic images of war surgery. |
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Again in tents, the 51st Evac. set up in a field outside the town of Sarre’ Union, and alongside a road on which armored vehicles and troop carriers rumbled forward all night long. |
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Map by Staff Sgt. Jack Crouse |
| At this location about 2 of 3 operating tables were treating soldiers who had stepped on wooden "shoe mines", usually mangling both feet. |  |
| A number of civilian casualties also were treated at this location with attendant fatalities. | ||
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| After 10 days of operation at this site, orders for our next move were relayed to us by our Chief of Surgery, Lt. Col. McNeil. | |
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