Tag: medic
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At 101, Colorado Springs WWII medic honors those lost in the Pacific
Walter Knight left for the Pacific Theater of World War II in 1943, armed with an Army medic bag instead of a rifle. He got selected for the job in part because he had some experience working with patients, transporting them around the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., his hometown. While caring for soldiers during…
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Fort Carson soldiers compete for best ranger, medic and combat engineer
After several grueling days of competition, Fort Carson soldiers arrived in a Black Hawk Friday morning to fight their way through a paintball course and extract a wounded soldier in the final push to be named the best ranger, combat engineer and medic. The simulated combat capped off several days of intense competition to determine…