Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 14, Number 37, DeMotte, Jasper County, 28 July 1944 — Wounded Flown Over Atlantic to Home Hospitals [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Wounded Flown Over Atlantic to Home Hospitals

Yank heroes wounded at Normandy are being loaded aboard transport planes in Scotland for return to hospitals in the United States. Pfc. Christian J. Mohr of Kenosha, Wis. (right) at transport command, Prestwick, Scotland, before he started the long air-ride. Mohr was one of fourteen wounded veterans of the Normandy fighting, making up the first full plane load of wounded flown to the United States. Upon arrival at Mitchel Field, New York, they were rushed into waiting ambulances for dash to nearby hospitals. Army tries to send wounded to hospitals nearest their homes.