Bridging the Gap
By Martin and Frances Collins
An account of US Army rehabilitation centres in Warwickshire and Worcestershire in England during WW2.
Price: £ 10.95
Bridging the Gap relates the story of U.S. Army rehabilitation centres in Warwickshire and Worcestershire in England during WW2. The book chronicles the development of the rehabilitation programme in U.S. Army hospitals in the UK during World War 2. It begins by describing the situation whereby the heads of the U.S. military became aware of the benefits of rehabilitation and convalescent work through observing British practice and then describes the establishment of the first ever rehabilitation centre run by the U.S. Army.
The book follows the process of the improvement and refining of rehabilitation work during World War 2, concentrating on the three main rehabilitation/convalescent centres at Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, Stoneleigh (Stareton), Warwickshire and Packington Park, Warwickshire
Pictures
Right: Marlene Dietrich entertains the convalescents
Bottom: Convalescents get fit by towing a jeep
