American soldier lies dead in gutter of Schevenhutte, Germany, after being hit by flak from German guns. Medics had just given first aid, to no avail. December 22, 1944. Sgt. J. A. DeMarco. (Army Surgeon General)

Private G.R. MacDonald of The Toronto Scottish Regiment giving first aid to an injured French boy, Brionne, France, 25 August 1944.

Lance-Corporal J.W. Curtis of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps bandages the burnt leg of Marcel Frémont aged 10 as his 4 year old brother Daniel looks on.

Here are a few photos of some of the heroic US Medics at work in the field......

A Medic of one of the Battalion Sections, 41st Armored Infantry Regiment (2d Armd Div), treats a wounded French girl, while a worried mother stands by. Note the Aidman still wears the camouflaged trousers. Picture taken in France, July 1944.

Sgt. Pernell Schillcutt, a medic of the 23rd. Infantry Regiment, US. First Army, dresses the wounds of a soldier injured in Koenigsfeld, Germany. 9th of March 1945.

other pictures

A U.S. Navy Corpsman lifts the head of a wounded marine to give him a sip of water from his canteen as other soldiers relax during a pause in fighting on Guam Island, in the Marianas, in Aug. 1944 during World War II. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy)

A medical corpsman lies low to avoid enemy fire as he gives first aid to wounded marine on a hilltop north of Hoengsong on March 7, 1951. The Yank had received head wound moments before from machine gun fire sweeping nearby hillcrest. (AP Photo/John Randolph)

Corpsman !!