Wounded soldiers are being transferred from an LCI to one of the 3 British Hospital Ships off Anzio, Italy. The 52d Med Bn (Sep) set up a Collecting-Clearing Station to receive casualties from the Aid Stations and evacuate them to the ships. Evacuation was from the beach until the harbor became available and operational on 29 January 1944; meanwhile, LCIs and smaller craft were the only means to evacuate patients to LSTs or Hospital Ships offshore.

Transfer the wounded to Hospital Ships

Air Evacuation was one of the means to transfer patients from Fifth US Army Hospitals to fixed PBS medical installations in Caserta, Naples, and Rome. The aircraft were operated by the 802d + 807th Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadrons (MAETS).

Evacuation of wounded by air

104th Infantry Division ("Timberwolf") medics lend a hand with casualties after heavy enemy shelling. Note the variety in Geneva Convention helmet markings. Picture taken somewhere in Germany, winter of 1945.
 