The 5th Army Medical Corps Caribbean campaigns provided valuable lessons on the noncombat hazards to troops and the challenges to the provision of care in a tropical theater of operations. The Army quickly adapted the lessons learnt for the invasion in Puerto Rico and future overseas expeditions.
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