Medical Service in the European Theater of Operations is the U.S. Army's official history of how its Medical Department organized and delivered care to American forces in Europe during World War II. Written by Graham A. Cosmas and Albert E. Cowdrey, it was published by the Center of Military History as CMH publication 10-23 and first printed in August 1990. The book belongs to the Technical Services subseries of the United States Army in World War II series and is one of three volumes on overseas medical service. This hardcover edition is bound in green cloth with gilt spine lettering and a gold eagle seal. It suits historians, researchers and collectors building a shelf of the official series.

Army Medicine in Europe

This is the U.S. Army's official history of how its Medical Department organized and ran medical care for American forces in the European Theater of Operations, the Army's wartime command for the war against Germany in Europe. Written by Graham A. Cosmas and Albert E. Cowdrey and published by the Center of Military History, it covers the organization and overseas operations of medical service in that theater. It suits military historians, researchers, collectors of the official World War II series, and anyone studying combat medicine or the units their family served in.

Features

Official Army History — Published by the Center of Military History, United States Army, the service's own historical office.
CMH Publication 10-23 — The catalog number used by the Center of Military History, which makes it easy to identify and shelve alongside the rest of the series.
United States Army in World War II Series — Part of the Army's multi-volume official history of its role in the Second World War.
The Technical Services Subseries — Filed under the Technical Services, the Army's supporting branches such as Medical, Ordnance and Quartermaster, as marked on the maroon spine label.
European Theater Focus — Concentrates on Medical Department organization and operations in Europe during World War II.
One of Three Medical Service Volumes — Belongs to a set of three volumes recounting the Medical Department's overseas activities.
Written by Cosmas and Cowdrey — Authored by Graham A. Cosmas and Albert E. Cowdrey, both named on the spine.
Hardcover Cloth Binding — Green cloth-covered boards with gilt spine lettering and a gold eagle seal on the front cover.

Publication Details

The volume was first printed in August 1990 and issued through the Superintendent of Documents at the U.S. Government Printing Office in Washington, D.C. It was released in paper and hardcover, and this listing is the hardcover edition. The green cloth binding and spine layout match the other hardcover volumes in the United States Army in World War II series, so it sits uniformly on a shelf with the rest of the set.