A page from a Scott Field, Illinois training yearbook documents two facets of wartime preparedness training: a litter squad marching through the winter woods past a marked 'Gas Shelter' station, and Army nurses and medics practicing emergency bandaging on a simulated casualty laid across an improvised field litter. Realistic outdoor exercises like these gave medical personnel practical experience under conditions meant to approximate the demands of an actual combat zone before deployment overseas. Project: 218123