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Dysentery in the Camp
Mr. Bembridge recalls his suffering with dysentery within the camp and how his health was affected by this.
Exhaustion Gets the Best of Me
Working fourteen hour days, Mr. Bembridge is assisted by his buddies on the march back to camp.
A Beating Never Forgotten
Mr. Bembridge shares an emotional story of how badly he was beaten knowing if he retaliated he would be killed.
Standing Hours Against a Wall
Thought to be laughing, Japanese guards torture and beat Mr. Bembridge as he stands against a wall grasping for his life
The Sight of Freedom
As Mr. Bembridge sights American planes over the camp dropping 45 gallon drums of supplies, he soon realizes the war is over and freedom is drawing near.
Barely Recognizable
On board the Prince Robert, a sailor weeps at the sight of Mr. Bembridge’s conditions, remembering him as a healthy soldier.
Unequal Treatment
Ms. Carter describes working on the venereal disease ward at a hospital in Horsham.
Treating malaria in the desert
Ms. Carter describes treating soldiers from Sicily who had contracted malaria. She describes the symptoms of the disease, and the difficulty of diagnosing the strain of the disease with only one microscope to analyze blood samples.
Winter Conditions in the Field Hospital
Ms. Carter describes the field hospital in Trani, Italy and what conditions were like in the winter.
Al Capone's Chauffeur
Ms. Carter describes being looked up by an ambulance driver from the Royal Victoria Hospital with whom she had worked before the war. He had been Al Capone's driver.
The First Use of Penicillin
Ms. Carter describes using penicillin for the first time. Instead of being injected, it was rubbed directly on the wound and was extremely painful.
The Hospital in Rome
Ms. Carter describes treating German POWs at her field hospital, and being assisted very ably by a German prisoner.
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