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224th (Parachute) Field Ambulance

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The result was: promoted by PFHLai (talk)

... that in Normandy on 7 June 1944, the surgeons of the 224th (Parachute) Field Ambulance kept on operating, despite being surrounded on three sides by German forces, the nearest being only 300 yards (270 m) away?

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Created by Jim Sweeney (talk) 11:16, 28 July 2011 (UTC) Self nom at 11:12, 28 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Length, format, content rules: Under 200; good; good. poroubalous (talk) 03:58, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Source: AGF print source. poroubalous (talk) 03:58, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Interest: Good. poroubalous (talk) 03:58, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Image suitability, if applicable: n/a poroubalous (talk) 03:58, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
ALT hooks, if proposed:

I was confused at first by the link to operations (I thought it meant military maneuvers), so here's a similar hook without the piped link:
... that during the Normandy landings, the 224th (Parachute) Field Ambulance conducted surgical operations despite being surrounded on three sides by German forces as close as 300 yards (270 m) away? poroubalous (talk) 03:58, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Article

Length: Good. poroubalous (talk) 03:58, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Vintage: Good. poroubalous (talk) 03:58, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Sourcing (V, RS, BLP): Good. poroubalous (talk) 03:58, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Neutrality: Good. poroubalous (talk) 03:58, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Plagiarism/close paraphrasing: Good. poroubalous (talk) 03:58, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Copyvio: Good. poroubalous (talk) 03:58, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Obvious faults in prose, structure, formatting: Looks good, needs a little tidying up with grammar but otherwise fine. poroubalous (talk) 03:58, 29 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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