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stretcher-bearer |
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stretcher-bearer a person who helps to carry a stretcher, esp in wartime How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A topic of particular interest to Singh is Gandhi's service as the leader of an Indian stretcher-bearer corps during the 1906 "Zulu rebellion" in South Africa. Veterans honored at the 2006 Pete Knight Memorial American Heroes Dinner included retired Navy captain Tom Craft, who led the citizen campaign to get a veterans home built in Antelope Valley; retired contractor Art Wallace, who was a Marine stretcher-bearer on Iwo Jima, and Henry ``Hank'' Freeman, who won a Silver Star as a World War II submariner for rescuing a downed pilot while under attack by a Japanese plane. Throughout this time Padre Wilmot was heavily involved in caring for the wounded and worked closely with the stretcher-bearers in evacuating casualties during and after battles. |
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