Unit One Bag and Battle Dressings at the U.S. Navy Museum
The U.S. Navy Museum caption reads:
The Unit One Bag
Dressings and tourniquets, morphine, and casualty treatment tags all had to fit into the Unit One bag.
Battle Dressing in Packet
Battle Dressing out of Packet
In the hands of a hospital corpsman, the Carlisle bandage, or battle dressing, was the single most useful tool in saving a wounded marine's life. The dressing consisted of a compress to cover a wound and a bandage to secure the compress. The bandage was perforated so that it could be ripped into four "tails" to tie around an arm, a leg, or the body.
These items 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.
Unit One Bag and Battle Dressings at the U.S. Navy Museum
The U.S. Navy Museum caption reads:
The Unit One Bag
Dressings and tourniquets, morphine, and casualty treatment tags all had to fit into the Unit One bag.
Battle Dressing in Packet
Battle Dressing out of Packet
In the hands of a hospital corpsman, the Carlisle bandage, or battle dressing, was the single most useful tool in saving a wounded marine's life. The dressing consisted of a compress to cover a wound and a bandage to secure the compress. The bandage was perforated so that it could be ripped into four "tails" to tie around an arm, a leg, or the body.
These items 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.