Dr. Mark Felton never ceases to amaze with his recounts of wartime exploits. The elaborate efforts made by the US Army to rescue a soldier involved a journey three-quarters of the way around the globe.

“A soldier based in a weather station atop a 4700 foot tall mountain [in Burma] had accidentally shot himself in the hand and infection had set in. He needed immediate evacuation to hospital.”

“On the 24th of January 1945, a helicopter undertook the first combat medical evacuation in history.”

Ironically, the first helicopter Medevac mission in history was not due to combat action but rather because of an Unintentional Discharge.