
Caption | British and American servicemen loading wounded soldiers onto a C-47 Skytrain transport at Agrigento, Sicily for transportation to hospitals in Africa, 25 Jul 1943. Note litter Jeep and WC54 ambulances. ww2dbase | ||||||||||
Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||||
Identification Code | USAAF 342-FH-3A27136-79361AC | ||||||||||
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Photos at Same Place | Agrigento, Sicilia, Italy | ||||||||||
Added By | David Stubblebine | ||||||||||
Added Date | 19 Feb 2019 | ||||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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15 Jan 2019 02:21:16 PM
Note that the ambulances display both the red “Geneva cross” and the white star of the United States Army. While this was not uncommon, it is technically incorrect according to the Geneva rules. Vehicles displaying the red cross were not supposed to have any national markings and most WC54s were shipped from the United States that way. Stars were often added in-theater so the vehicles more closely matched the others in the motor pool.