the united states had some of the best medical technology out there. they mass produced penicillin and figured out how to improve it, they came up with a drug to allow troops to fight in jungles and not get sick with malaria or and other insect transmitted diseases. Americans troops had it pretty well off compared to other troops in other countries. Back then most countries did not have the medical technology that we had so if they had a gunshot wound or a cut leg that had got infested they would consider amputation nine times out of ten, because they thought that if they just cut off what was infected it would solve all of the problems
the united states had some of the best medical technology out there. they mass produced penicillin and figured out how to improve it, they came up with a drug to allow troops to fight in jungles and not get sick with malaria or and other insect transmitted diseases. Americans troops had it pretty well off compared to other troops in other countries. Back then most countries did not have the medical technology that we had so if they had a gunshot wound or a cut leg that had got infested they would consider amputation nine times out of ten, because they thought that if they just cut off what was infected it would solve all of the problems