Korean War Navy Hospital Corpsman Uniform at the U.S. Navy Museum
The U.S. Navy Museum caption reads:
NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN
Known affectionately as "Doc", the hospital corpsman wore the standard Marines Corps [sic] herringbone twill uniform with his Navy insignia (here a petty officer third class) on the left sleeve. In opposing an enemy that did not respect the Geneva Conventions, which afforded protection to military medical personnel, Navy hospital corpsmen did not wear red cross armbands. Those same Geneva Convention agreements allowed medical personnel to carry sidearms (in this case a .45 caliber pistol) to protect themeselves and their patients.
Courtesy, David Manning
This uniform can be seen in the Korea 1950-53: The Navy in the Forgotten War exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Navy at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
© 2009 Ashley D. Cristal, All Rights Reserved. Use of this photograph in ANY form is NOT permitted without permission from the author.
Korean War Navy Hospital Corpsman Uniform at the U.S. Navy Museum
The U.S. Navy Museum caption reads:
NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN
Known affectionately as "Doc", the hospital corpsman wore the standard Marines Corps [sic] herringbone twill uniform with his Navy insignia (here a petty officer third class) on the left sleeve. In opposing an enemy that did not respect the Geneva Conventions, which afforded protection to military medical personnel, Navy hospital corpsmen did not wear red cross armbands. Those same Geneva Convention agreements allowed medical personnel to carry sidearms (in this case a .45 caliber pistol) to protect themeselves and their patients.
Courtesy, David Manning
This uniform can be seen in the Korea 1950-53: The Navy in the Forgotten War exhibit at the National Museum of the United States Navy at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
© 2009 Ashley D. Cristal, All Rights Reserved. Use of this photograph in ANY form is NOT permitted without permission from the author.