He also had photos of soldiers lying in bunks, standing by railings mingling with each other. He remembered “standing forever” waiting in food lines. Nothing changes in the Army.
Barta joined the Army in 1943 as a medic specializing in X-ray work. His unit, the 117th Medical Unit, was eventually deployed to a 1,000-bed hospital in Bristol, England. During the bombings in London, many badly burned British citizens were also treated at the hospital. X-ray technicians often worked around the clock.
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