"The night air chilled Caspar Wistar as he walked alongside a wagon filled with medical supplies, part of an cleven-thousand-man army creeping toward a small Pennsylvania hamler. He wondered if General George Washington's medical corps would again run short of wound dressings when battle met the sunrise."
Thus opens the new book from Scott McGaugh, author of Midway Magic.
In Battlefield Angels, MeGaugh pays homage to the cadre of medics, corpsmen, nurses, doctors, surgeons, and medical technicians who have provided succor and healing to the more than 40 million warriors who have served in America's armed forces since the nation's founding.