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About "The Swamp" Korean War US Medical Officer's Tent:

Life for the staff of a mobile US Army surgical hospital during the Korean War would have meant austere accommodations for the officers and enlisted personnel alike. Home would have been a World War II vintage field tent with a wooden floor, bedding of collapsable cots, and furniture cobbled together from discarded supply crates. Summers would bring sweltering heat and winters storm in with icy cold conditions, inside and out. The staff would do their best to make this their home: a place to fight off boredom, and do their best to relax and recharge, in between the surges of of chaotic activity of treating the wounded, after every battle and skirmish.

"The Swamp" Korean War US Medical Officer's Tent kit is one such abode, home to three reluctant draftee doctors and their occasional guest. It is filled with the creature comforts that surviving such inhospitable conditions would require. The Swamp kit includes one overly sarcastic hooch-imbibing surgeon, making his way through the experience with home-made gin, wise-cracks, a passion for dating the nursing staff.

The Swamp kit is a true play set that opens up to reveal the highly-detailed interior, filled with more Easter Eggs than the average basket. Goes hand in hand with our Mobile Army Surgical Hospital figure packs and 2026 Advent Calendar: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.

In a little corner of Korea in the early 1950s, tents, medical supplies, canvas cots, and military vehicles come together in the busy world of a mobile battlefield medical unit: a surgery, a home, and a place where exhausted doctors find time for jokes, poker, and the occasional scheme.

During the Korean War, Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals brought surgical care closer to the front  lines. Instead of relying on distant, permanent hospitals, these units could relocate quickly and follow the fighting. Tents and temporary structures housed operating rooms, wards, laboratories, kitchens, and living quarters, creating a complete medical community that could pack up and move when necessary.

The operating tent may be the center of attention, but it is surrounded by the bustle of a forward medical camp. Wisecracking surgeons debate breakfast, a nurse keeps everyone in line, and an officer discovers that the jeep has gone missing again. Here, ingenuity, camaraderie, and a healthy disregard for regulations help keep the whole operation running.

Beneath the humor was serious work. Medical personnel endured long hours, harsh weather, limited resources, and the constant arrival of wounded soldiers. Their ability to adapt and perform surgery close to combat zones became an important part of modern military medicine.

Model Statistics:

Designed by Andrea Boninsegna
488 LEGO® and Brickmania® elements.
1x custom minifigs
Custom printed elements
Full-color printed building instructions
1/35th scale to match other Brickmania® kits
Intermediate Skill Level (3-5 years building experience recommended)

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