Battlefield Medics

How Warfare Changed the History of Medicine

Martin King Robert Campbell

9781839407031

256 pages

Arcturus Publishing Limited

Paperback / softback $12.99

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Overview

Features rarely told, awe-inspiring stories.

Forwarded by Colonel Robert Campbell of the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army.

Martin King is best-known for his Emmy award-winning documentary Searching for Augusta in which he uncovered the forgotten story of Augusta Chiwy, a black nurse who treated injured soldiers in the Battle of the Bulge. In Battlefield Medics, King returns to the subject of combat medics, continuing his life-long passion for shedding light on these overlooked war heroes.

Author Bio

Martin King is a British Emmy-award winning author, historian and historical consultant. He has written many books on military history. His 2015 documentary film Searching for Augusta won multiple Emmy awards and his 2017 book The Fighting 30th Division was nominated for the Prestigious Writer's Award. He is regarded as one of the world's leading experts on the Battle of the Bulge. He lives in Belgium, where he spends his time reintroducing veterans of World War II to the battlefields where they fought.