Nov 7, 2023
Staff members of a mobile civilian relief hospital placed on display, November 7, 1940, before it was shipped to England, demonstrate how they will help wounded British civilians on the European battlefront. (That's what the original text says. But what would civilians be doing on a battlefront?) Top, an actual blood transfusion in one of the portable rooms of the unit, which is composed of 25 trucks and trailers and 16 tents. Bottom, a nurse cares for a patient in a heated tent. The unit, valued at $100,000 (more than $2 million in today's currency), was designed for use in devastated areas where power and other facilities were lacking.
Photos: Associated Press
