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(Top photo)When we took the dressing off this wounded man's hand, we found the hand almost severed. The Superintendent performed an operation under the most primitive conditions. (Bottom photo)"How did you get that head wound? I asked the machine gunner.

(Top photo)When we took the dressing off this wounded man's hand, we found the hand almost severed. The Superintendent performed an operation under the most primitive conditions. (Bottom photo)"How did you get that head wound? I asked the machine gunner. Falteringly he answered, "It is such a little thing - it is for my country." His head sank onto his breast and he died before my eyes.
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    • Wounded Solider
    • Dying Solider
    Contributors
    • Smedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
    Date Created
    1937 to 1940
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