Interview
Major N. Banerjee (seated second from right) and other members of the 60th Indian Field Ambulance Unit are interviewed by Sergeant 1st Class Stuart A. Quseu, US Army. The interview is being recorded for later broadcast. This Indian Ambulance Unit and forces from 16 other United Nation countries are participating in the Korean War. This photograph was taken out on 01 January 1951 somewhere in the Korean Peninsula.
The 60th Indian Field Ambulance Unit was a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) and was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel A.G. Rangaraj. It joined UN forces at Pyongyang on 04 December 1950, just in time to take part in the 8th Army's withdrawal out of North Korea. On 14 December 1950, it formally became the medical evacuation unit for the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade (later redesignated the 28th British Commonwealth Brigade). It supported this unit throughout the war. The 60th quickly gained the respect of Commonwealth troops for its high-quality medical care and the courage of its people when under fire. Nearly all Commonwealth troops evacuated from the front lines passed through the unit before being evacuated to long-term care hospitals.
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