Abstract
This paper describes the heroic efforts of Graeme Warrack, an oral surgeon, to save
as many lives as possible during the battles around Arnhem in 1944. As the chief medical
officer (CMO) of the medical section of the 1st British Airborne Division, he and
his staff took care of many casualties, both on the battlefield and at the emergency
hospital in Apeldoorn, north of Arnhem. He escaped from the hospital when all the
patients were to be transported to prisoner of war (POW) camps in Germany, and was
hidden by a Dutch family. Finally, with the help of the Dutch resistance movement,
he was successfully ferried over the big rivers into liberated country.
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Publication history
Published online: January 31, 2020
Accepted:
January 20,
2020
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