Medic! How I Fought World War II with Morphine, Sulfa, and Iodine Swabs
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Robert "Doc Joe" Franklin served as a medic with the 157th Infantry Regiment of the 45th Division during the invasion of Europe in World War II. Flint Whitlock, author of The Rock of Anzio: From Sicily to Dachau, A History of the 45th Infantry Division, is a former army officer and Vietnam veteran.""[T]his account of Franklin's experiences during WWII brings combat to life. . . . His descriptions of horrific casualties and deaths of both Americans and Germans are vivid, and so are the more human moments.""—<i>Publishers Weekly</i>|“The spare and terse prose is vividly evocative . . . I have never read a better description of the mission and the work of a platoon medic in combat.”—Robert J. T. Joy, <i>Journal of Military History</i>|“[<i>Medic!</i>] will undoubtedly rank with the classics of military literature as one of the finest, most heart-breaking, most brutally honest books ever written about men in war. . . . An absolute `must-read.’”—<i>WWII History</i>|“[Franklin’s] vignettes will help the reader understand what being in war is all about—the laughs, the pain, the sorrow, and most important, the pride of having served.”–<i>Military Heritage</i>
Studded with memorable vignettes—of a friend who "smells" the Germans long before they appear, the dog that acts as an artillery spotter, the lieutenant who can't see beyond a few hundred feet—Franklin's memoir documents the almost unbearable drama of ground gained and lives lost as well as the terrible human toll of battle on himself, his comrades, and civilians quite literally caught in the crossfire. A rare look at the fight for lives laid on the line, Medic! brings to life as never before the reality of war.