operationbarbarossa:A STRIP of bandage fluttering from a rifle stock… That’s the battlefield marker
operationbarbarossa:A STRIP of bandage fluttering from a rifle stock… That’s the battlefield marker of a wounded soldier… That’s the Army’s doctor call to action!On battlefields thousands of miles from home, the military medical man is proving himself every inch a fighting man. And like the man with his gun, his rest is often limited to a few moments of relaxation…a cigarette. More than likely it’s a Camel cigarette, for Camels are such a big favorite with fighting men in all the services.A war bond advertisement by R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.’s Camel - 1945This advertisement was published in Medical Woman’s Journal magazine (via) -- source link
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