keywords: war, korean war, war casualties, wounded, medics in the field, amputees, artificial limbs, walter reed hospital
Synopsis: Medical care of U.S. Service Men wounded in Korea in the 1950's. This story begins at the front lines in Korea showing wounded soldiers being treated by medics in the field and later by doctors and nurses in a field hospital. Soon evacuation back home to Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Various scenes of the treatment of wounded veterans, making and fitting artificial limbs, training amputees how to use artificial limbs, rehabilitation, and the research done at Walter Reed.
