The Doctor at Bastogne
Submitted by: Louis Rosati
Category: Stories
John T. Prior, MD was a medical officer trapped in Bastogne, Belgium with the 101st Airborne in December, 1944. This story describes how John, his medics and two Belgian nurses, surrounded and cut off from aid and medical supplies, struggled to care for a growing list of wounded soldiers while under small arms, artillery fire and a Christmas Eve bombardment.
About the author:
Louis Rosati is a retired pathologist living in Mesa, Arizona. As a medical student at the Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, New York he met Dr. John Prior, a professor in the Department of Pathology. However, he did not learn of Dr. Prior's WW II experience until decades later and realized it was a story that needed to be shared with a larger audience.