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CALL Medical Implications of Combat in Cities

CALL

Medical Implications of Combat in Cities

Army · CALL · Apr 1974 · 19 pages

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In the spring of 1972, while assigned to the Office of Medical Staff and Operations at the U.S. Army Infantry School, I was privileged to participate with other members of my office in a special combined arms review of existing doctrine for urban combat. During our preliminary studies, the medical staff discovered, alarmingly, that there is "little detailed information involving medical support requirements and doctrine"! for such operations. There is no single document that specifically addresses the medical considerations for combat in cities and fortified areas, even though history is replete with the vivid details of medical lessons learned in urban combat. It is the purpose of this paper to summarize some of the more cogent of those historical lessons in a single document that can be used as a basis for future medical planning.

DesignationCALL

EditionApr 1974

StatusActive

Pages19

FunctionMedical TCCC

CollectionLessons Learned