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FM 8-5 Mobile Units of the Medical Department

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FM 8-5

Mobile Units of the Medical Department

Army · FM · Apr 1944 · 380 pages

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MAY¥ 6- ] .A FM 8-5 MEDICAL FIELD *NUAL MOBILE UNITS OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT CHANGE WAR DEPARTMENT, No. 2 WASHINGTON 25, D. C., 20 April 1944. FM 8-5, 12 January 1942, is changed as follows: CHAPTER 14 (Added) PORTABLE SURGICAL HOSPITAL * 415. ORGANIZATION (See T/O & E 8-572S).-a. The portable suigical hospital is a mobile 25-bed unit designed to furnish definitive surgical care in areas where it is impractical to use larger, more specialized medical units. b. The portable surgical hospital is an independent, selfcontained unit under direct control of the division, task force, or army commander, depending upon the unit to which it is attached. it is not an integral part of nor does it replace any individual medical unit or any hospital unit attached to a division. * 416. COMMAND.-This unit is commanded by the senior officer of the Medical Corps assigned thereto and present for duty.

DesignationFM 8-5

EditionApr 1944

StatusSuperseded

Pages380

FunctionMedical TCCC

CollectionHistoric

Public domain (U.S. Government work)

Editions 4

References 24

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