Today in World War II History—September 11, 1942
Sunday, September 11, 2022 by Sarah Sundin
Notes on appendicitis from my grandfather’s pharmacist’s mate training notebook, Naval Hospital Corps School, San Diego, CA, 1944 (Sarah Sundin’s collection)
80 Years Ago—Sept. 11, 1942: On New Guinea, Australians fall back to Ioribaiwa Ridge in retreat toward Port Moresby.
On board submarine USS Seadragon in the South China Sea, Pharmacist’s Mate First Class Wheeler Lipes performs a successful emergency appendectomy, the first of three performed by pharmacist’s mates on submarines in 1942.
