Dr. Charles Drew who discovered how to preserve human blood for transfusion directed American and British blood-plasma programs at the beginning of this war.
- World War I
- World War II
- Korean War
- Vietnam War
Dr. Charles Drew who discovered how to preserve human blood for transfusion directed American and British blood-plasma programs at the beginning of this war.
World War II. He resigned after the United States War Department decreed blood from white donors and black donors would be stored separately. He became head of surgery at Howard University and died at age 46 from injuries received in a car accident.