[First Aid in the Field]

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Postcard image of an unknown man receiving medical treatment from a field medic (possibly a Red Cross worker). The field medic appears to be changing the first aid dressing on the injured man's foot, and is being assisted by a second, well-dressed man, who is holding a pair of surgical scissors. The back of the postcard reads: Miss G. M. Horne, Portland Maine, Box 365. Foot shot away. Poor picture taken inside a tent. Walter.

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Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921 March 12, 1914.

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Postcard image of an unknown man receiving medical treatment from a field medic (possibly a Red Cross worker). The field medic appears to be changing the first aid dressing on the injured man's foot, and is being assisted by a second, well-dressed man, who is holding a pair of surgical scissors. The back of the postcard reads: Miss G. M. Horne, Portland Maine, Box 365. Foot shot away. Poor picture taken inside a tent. Walter.

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The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso

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  • March 12, 1914

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  • March 3, 2023, 1:07 p.m.

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Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921. [First Aid in the Field], postcard, March 12, 1914; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth187940/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting El Paso Public Library.

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