He had taken a party of "walking wounded" up to Sailly-au-Bois, and got a car on.
No “walking wounded” appeared to come to this particular dressing-station.
The walking wounded still come straggling in, singly or in groups, all greatly depressed at having such bad news to relate.
Throughout the night, a stream of walking wounded kept flowing in.
I then made my way up to the dressing-station to see if the Medical Officer required our services for the walking wounded.
walking wounded from the firing-line began to pass through our trenches.
The central hall remained, and the Red Triangle was on it, marking it out as a centre for walking wounded.
They took no interest in the procession beyond their blankets—the walking wounded and the troops going up.
And passing them come the walking wounded who attacked them in their tunnels at dawn to-day and conquered.
One can always tell from the walking wounded whether things are going ill or well.
noun phrase
Persons who are injured, esp in a psychological or spiritual way, but still functional; depressed people: by the end of the year the salesmen are ''walking wounded'', just plain going bonkers
[1960s+; fr a WWI military medical term for a wounded person who is ambulatory]
