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14 photos and 4 illustrations tagged stretchers, from 6 members of Flickr Commons.

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• publicdomain
• archivesofmedicine
• nlmdigitalcollection
• wounded
• nationallibraryofmedicine
• ihm
• nlm
• nih
• imagesfromthehistoryofmedicine
• historyofmedicinedivision
• stillimage
• transportationofpatients
• pp
• hmd
• worldwari
• casualties
• thegreatwar
• wwi
• firstworldwar
• printsandphotographs
• nationalinstitutesofhealth
• freeimages
• battle
• soldier

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• National Library of Medicine 11 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 2 photos & illustrations
• Nationaal Archief 2 photos & illustrations
• SDASM Archives 1 photo / illustration
• State Library of Queensland 1 photo / illustration
• State Library of New South Wales 1 photo / illustration

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Here’s a selection of the conversations happening on these photos & illustrations:

Eerste Wereldoorlog, gewonden

from Nationaal Archief

• sophie said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Oostende, the City that never Sleeps, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

• Atze de Vrieze said:

  Extraordinary picture.

The Battle of the Menin Road

from State Library of New South Wales

• 1 older comment, and then…
• THATS RIGHT said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called PLANET EARTH OUR HOME, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

• THATS RIGHT said:

  Your wonderful photo was seen in
  
  PLANET EARTH OUR HOME

• PLEXNE said:

  Sad....

Carl Gwartney Collection Image

from SDASM Archives

• TVL1970 said:

  Stretchers fitted inside of a Waco CG-4A glider. Assault gliders in combat zones that survived intact after landing could be so equipped, and then recovered via an improvised airstrip or "snatched" back into flight, in order to recover those seriously wounded. Here is film demonstrating how a CG-4 would be snatched from a landing zone. YouTube - LoneSentryCom: "Glider Pickup at Eindhoven"