World War 2: US Navy Corpsman Medical Bags and Field Medical Equipment

ASP's Blog: (http://autoshowcaseproject.blogspot.com/) ASP PRESENTS: US Navy Corpsman Medical Bags and Field Medical Equipment In the US Army, the medical personnel is called the Medic. In the Marines, the medical personnel is called the Corpsman or Doc. Most gear issued to the US Navy Corpsman was no different then what a Marine was issued, but there were specific pieces. Mostly the bags they carried contained numerous medical supplies through out the central Pacific campaigns. There was an effort made to distinguish the Navy Corpsman uniforms from the Marines; however, it was found that it was safer to not make them potential targets. One of the men in the famous Iwo Jima photographs was a Navy Corpsman. You will be able to see the numerous medical equipment and contents in the medical bags as used by the Navy Corpsman during their deployments with the Marines. The main things you do see are a lot of bandages. There will be scalpels and cutting tools, plasma and plasma bag, morphine for pain, Atabrine tablet, iodine, bandage compress, gauze, sutures, foot powder, and other medical gear. NJACC Website: (http://www.njacc.info/) SUBSCRIBE HERE FOR MORE: (   / gurilla47  ) FOLLOW ME ON GOOGLE+: (https://plus.google.com/u/0/+ChrisBut...) INSTAGRAM: (  / gurilla47  ) Thanks for watching! Sound off in the comments below! TAGS USMC, Marine, Marines, collectors, history, World War 2, WW2, World War 1, Marine uniform, equipment, guide, walkthrough, resource list, equipment list, infantry, service uniform, collector, collectors market, The Pacific, EGA, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Army, Pacific, USN, sailor, Philippines, Guiuan, Samar, Navy, Para Marines, jungle, Peleliu, Tarawa, Okinawa, Iwo Jima, Wake Island, Midway, Navy, Corpsman, USN, medic, Doc, bandages, scalpels, scissors, plasma, morphine, atabrine, iodine, bandage compress, gauze, sutures, foot powder, US Navy, medical bags, first aid kit, first aid bandage, first aid equipment, medical equipment