Sentences with phrase «medic during»

He had initially trained as a doctor, and served as a medic during the Second World War, but took up art after being captured in Tunisia in 1943 and interned in Hereford, Texas.

«Hacksaw Ridge,» Mel Gibson's latest high - minded cinematic massacre, tells the story of Desmond T. Doss, a God - fearing American pacifist who served as a combat medic during World War II and personally carried 75 wounded soldiers from the Battle of...

The home birth was Dad's idea — his mother was a NICU nurse and his father a medic during Vietnam.

Not exact matches

A team of medics led by Cpl. Eric Smith, assigned to the 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, negotiate a wire obstacle while transporting a «casualty» to a waiting helicopter during the best medic competition this week.

A team of medics led by Cpl. Eric Smith, assigned to the 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, prepares to transport a «casualty» through a culvert during the best medic competition this week.

During that time, a Capt of the Royal marines and a medic Major from the Canadian forces who had been there when the Kurds first arrived in the mountains were doing a medical needs assessment in Soutwest Iraq.

Born on a cotton farm in southern Mississippi, Campbell served as an army medic in the South Pacific during World War II.

Here's a first in soccer: Argentina's Javier Mascherano was given a red card after he kicked the medic driving the cart during their game against Ecuador on Tuesday (1:00 mark on video).

Here's a first in soccer: Argentina's Javier Mascherano was given a red card after he kicked the medic driving the cart during...

Today's match is more of a «injury - crippled - teams league» than Champions league Lets just hope the referee will not get a hamstring during the match then the medic twist his ankle while coming to attend to him

I was a nurse on the front line in Iraq with an NGO called NYC Medics for six weeks during the assault on Mosul to retake the city from ISIS.

Language: English Genre: Biography / Drama MPAA rating: R Director: Mel Gibson Actors: Teresa Palmer, Sam Worthington, Andrew Garfield Plot: Army Medic Desmond T. Doss served during WWII, notably in the battle of Okinawa.

Hacksaw Ridge (R for graphic violence, gruesome images and ethnic slurs) World War II docudrama recounting the battlefield heroics of Army Medic Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield) who saved 75 fellow G.I.'s lives during the fight for Okinawa.

Although Hollywood has produced plenty of movies about real - life war heroes, Doss is a fairly unique case: a U.S. Army medic and devout Seventh - day Adventist who single - handedly saved 75 men during the Battle of Okinawa without ever firing a shot.

There are a few carefully placed scenes illustrating Spencer's desire to save lives, to be a hero, whether training as a medic or thinking quickly during an active shooter alert.

He even served as a medic in the Confederate army during the Civil War, but was disheartened to learn how the sons of large plantation owners had been exempted from the military draft.

Among the soldiers in the platoon was medic Juan «Doc» Restrepo who seemed almost giddy during an interview at the outset of their dangerous deployment.

My reason for reading these is my father was a medic on the front lines during WWII and he talks about different things and had to drive and Dr in his company to one of the concentration camps to look for his family.

Prior to entering private practice psychology, Dr. Bracy trained and served as a U.S. Army combat medic and surgical technician stationed in Germany during the Vietnam war, and worked as a cardiovascular perfusionist for 17 years.

The potential supply of medical professionals to meet this demand was seen during World War II, when Dr. Eugene Stead realized that an intermediate role might be possible through employment of soldiers who had gone through a 2 - year medical training program to become medics in combat.1 By the end of the Vietnam War, a large number of medical corpsmen had returned to the United States, providing a large pool of medically inclined, highly trained individuals without the ability to practice as physicians.

The Medic is design to heal party members but can also hold her (or his) own during a gun fight, the Tech focuses on opening electronically locked doors and welding them shut, in case there are aliens on the other side.

Of note during World War I, the Royal Marines also trained their own medics at Crystal Palace, London to form the R.M. Medical Units.

Prior to becoming a therapist Jonathan was an army officer in Germany, serving as a platoon leader of combat medics in a forward - deployed tank battalion, followed by service as the company commander of the 130th Station Hospital in Heidelberg during Operation Desert Storm.