File:"Playlet--off the transport" (MAMAS A43-248-4), National Museum of Health and Medicine (309505994).jpg
Original file (1,485 × 1,193 pixels, file size: 113 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Captions
Summary[edit]
,_National_Museum_of_Health_and_Medicine_(309505994).jpg&action=edit§ion=1){kind=link}
| Description |
"Playlet--off the transport" (MAMAS A43-248-4), National Museum of Health and Medicine Description: Barbecue celebrating the opening of the Enlisted Men's Recreation Hall. "Playlet - off the transport." Five men standing at attention before another man at a barbecue celebrating the opening of the Enlisted Men's Recreation Hall. Photograph from the 20th General Hospital. The 20th General Hospital was established in 1940 at the request of the Surgeon-General and was completed in 1943. It was situated in the jungles of northern India, along a long supply chain road called the Ledo Road. Its purpose was to provide exceptional medical care to the laborers constructing the road as well as U.S. and Chinese soldiers battling the Japanese in the region. The staff was organized from the University of Pennsylvania and comprised of over 60 doctors and 120 nurses. The hospital used antibiotics and modern surgical innovations to treat over 73,000 patients. It closed after the war. Date: circa World War II Photo ID: A43-248-4 Source collection: OHA 220.1: Museum and Medical Arts Service Photographs Repository: National Museum of Health and Medicine, Otis Historical Archives Rights: No known restrictions upon publication, physical copy retained by National Museum of Health and Medicine. Publication and high resolution image requests should be directed to the NMHM (<a href="http://www.medicalmuseum.mil/" rel="nofollow">www.medicalmuseum.mil/</a>) |
| Date | |
| Source | "Playlet--off the transport" (MAMAS A43-248-4), National Museum of Health and Medicine |
| Author | National Museum of Health and Medicine |
Licensing[edit]
,_National_Museum_of_Health_and_Medicine_(309505994).jpg&action=edit§ion=2){kind=link}
- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
|
This image was originally posted to Flickr by medicalmuseum at https://flickr.com/photos/99129398@N00/309505994. It was reviewed on 9 November 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 15:56, 9 November 2020 | | 1,485 × 1,193 (113 KB) | Netha Hussain (talk | contribs) | Transferred from Flickr via #flickr2commons |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
There are no pages that use this file.
,_National_Museum_of_Health_and_Medicine_(309505994).jpg&oldid=731863227){kind=link}