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Dr. RP Johnson MC took what little time he could to document in these images the coming together of this center of excellence in battlefield medicine and field surgery, and the men and women responsible for its day-to-day operations - saving lives, mending bodies and providing last comfort those who could not be saved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresented here for the first time in print are descriptions of the 45th Evac drawn from the unpublished manuscript of war correspondent Lee Miller, hosted at the 45th on her arrival to cover the battle for Normandy in \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e (1944), and from the correspondence the photographer sent home to the wife and little girl he left behind.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncluded in this volume is an eyewitness account of the \"Nazi nurses\" captured at Cherbourg and taken across enemy lines after a stay at the 45th Evac in two groups during July of 1944. 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