070195 Accession Number: 070195

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QX6083 Major James Joseph Ryan, MC, (still wearing a surgical mask) a surgeon of the 2/1st General Hospital attached to the 15th Field Ambulance, writes the history of an operation he has performed at the Advanced Dressing Station at Koropa to handle wounded from the 57/60th Infantry Battalion’s attack on Japanese positions at Orgoruna 1.

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Accession Number
070195
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Support: Nitrate
Format: 3x4"
Date Made
3 February 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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