Why did WWII medics need to wear different suspenders?

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[ThatTallBrendan]

You are by far the most WW2 soldier looking person I have seen on socials. Somebody get _this_ guy a role

[docstew]

As a 22 years Army medic, I can agree that it's EXCEEDINGLY tiring to carry a litter for an extended amount of time. But one thing we do now is EVERYONE has their own first aid equipment on them, EVERYONE knows how to use the contents of that kit (so you can apply it to yourself or your buddy rather than wait for one guy to run through enemy fire), and EVERYONE is part of the casualty evacuation plan by creating aid and litter teams, not just the medic.

[derrickstableford]

My grandfather was a medic, at 16 in ww2. He was a terrible soldier, uncoordinated as hell. Just before they were about to Chuck him out as being useless from the RAF reg, they made him take a first aid test- he aced it. 100% pass. Then they told him to take another. He passed that with 100%. Then they gave him another and told him to prepare for it. Two days later he aced it again. So he ask about the exams. Accord to his officer he’d just done 3years of medical school in a week. They didn’t know that from aged 12 he had worked at a hospital, and had even been a lab tech for Alexander Fleming- who discovered penicillin.
A couple of weeks later he landed at Tunis- saw 11 country’s over the next 6 years. Excluding a spell in hospital himself after being blown up.

[andrewcombe]

The medics kit was also designed to access his pouches with medical equipment while still carrying a patient. Those pouches on your hips carried the medics full load split between the pouches. Each medic packed their kit in identical fashion so if another medic picked up the kit the necessary items could be immediately found.

[akamecup]

As a current day combat medic, I have no clue why we stopped this

[scummymummy]

I can't believe how young this ww2 soldier looks. Amazing.

[kirkbolas]

My dad was a USN Corpsman assigned to a platoon of US Marines in the European & North African theaters of operation for most of WWII. The litter straps freed up dad’s hands, something that saved his life (and the lives of those to whom he lent aid) on more than a few occasions. They also allowed him to drag wounded men to safety when assuming anything more vertical than either a prostrate or supine posture would have gotten one killed. Simple yet eminently handy contrivance were those straps.

[roam]

“Sorry but your shoulder pain isn’t service related”

[ShootYourRadio]

My Grandfather was a combat medic in WWII. They don't make men like that anymore. Those guys walked through the bowels of hell for us. They saved us from world domination. And to say I was raised by one of those heros is an honor in itself. He wasn't just my Grandfather. He was my best friend.

[kurtcobainii]

When inventions and technology from 1940-45 seems way smarter than the shit we have today:
Edit: A better word would be "ingenuitive" instead of "smarter".

[adamtaylor]

As an EMT sometimes I forget that a lot of medics don't have the luxury of having rolling electronic stretchers and stair chairs.

[ajiibshah]

My guy looks exactly like a WW2 american soldier

[puertoricanboy]

this guy is the coolest WW2 history teacher ever.

[AChunkyDog]

It's kinda bizarre seeing a normal kid in this gear and realizing just how many men with such young faces did what most of us could never imagine.

[WRMonger]

I was in the Army for 17 years and never knew what those extra wide straps were for. I was even issued some back in the early 80s and never questioned the setup.

[Sondan]

I was an Army medic and carrying a big guy on a litter was a huge workout if you did it over a long distance.

[lmcg]

Remember kids, work smarter not harder.

[godfreywobblewitit]

Grandpa was a medic in the Philippines bronze star purple hart. He was a hell of a man.

[EmergencyLtion]

As a combat medic I don’t know why we still don’t have these

[tedhubertcrusio]

The webbing also seemed to be issued to OSS agents and soldiers on covert airborne ops, especially snipers...

Mainly because they were expected to jump out of an airplane with a drawn weapon (meaning the weapon is not in a bag or case as in the case of paratroopers), so the sling and the gun may be 'hooked' in the webbing without any fuss or worry that it might tangle on your body.

Also the M1A1 carbine having a folding stock makes it easier for the same webbing to keep the weapon on your chest.