The painted lettering on the front of this bedding case indicates it was used at the corps level and held dozens of white and maroon medical blankets for use in hospitals installed near the rear, away from combat. The case was used during Operation Torch (invasion of North Africa) or Operation Husky (invasion of Sicily).
The bedding case held dozens of these hospital blankets.
Hospital Bedding Case
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Unit1st Division
Date1941 - 1945
ConflictWorld War II - Mediterranean, Algeria-French Morocco, Sicily, Tunisia
NationalityAmerican
RightsFirst Division Museum
Identifier2019.16.1
On-DisplayYes
Citation"Hospital Bedding Case." First Division Museum. Accessed November 23, 2024, https://www.fdmuseum.org/collections/hospital-bedding-case/.
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