[Discussion of a medical officer carrying the arm-band of the Red Cross during the second world war].
Sacrificing his life to save that of his soldiers and of his nursing staff, Captain Ben Salomon became a legend. Yet, studies of international treaties and of some directives specific to the American Army have seriously held back the historical and public recognition of his heroism. Indeed, when he took hold of the machine gun to cover his men's retreat in 1944, he was wearing a Red Cross armband and was enlisted as a "doctor". What did this mean exactly? Was his action a misdemeanor or definitely an act of heroism?
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