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With virtually all of his own company killed, he joined a group from the 2nd Rangers and fought on through the Battle of the Bulge. Reaching safety on the beach, Breeden did not hesitate to turn around to rescue several wounded men from the water, dragging them to safety and stabilizing them as best he could. Landing in the first wave at the Dog Green sector of Omaha Beach, Breeden was the only one to survive when his landing craft came under intense enemy fire. Nevertheless, the medics of Operation Overlord heroically improvised ways to treat as many wounded as they could, at great personal risk. Illustrating the valor, fidelity and sacrifice of the medics on D-Day is the story of Cecil Breeden. Those who were dropped behind Utah Beach with airborne and glider forces often found their medical supplies lost the sea-borne forces, especially those at Omaha Beach, found themselves in the wrong places, with little in the way of equipment, and with nowhere to establish aid stations. Medical teams on D-Day found many challenges in performing their duties. The Normandy Invasion is one of the few battles in history where the wounded were moved forward, into fire, whether than back, away from the fighting. While some did assist in medical evacuation, most of the wounded on the beaches had to be brought forward to cover, or left where they had fallen. Landing craft off-loading invasion personnel had no time to carry the wounded back to the fleet, and were not under orders to do so. Not only did the number of wounded exceed expectations, but the means to evacuate them did not exist. On D-Day, and especially on Omaha Beach, evacuation of wounded soldiers was a nearly impossible task. But even aside from the threat of direct enemy fire, being a combat medic was a dangerous assignment shell fire and shrapnel drew no distinction between combatants and noncombatants. The large red cross on their helmets was supposed to protect them, and Germans usually (but not universally) respected that convention. On D-Day, June 6, 1944, dozens of medics went into battle on the beaches of Normandy, usually without a weapon.
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