9 4 2 , ▁over seen ▁by ▁D rs . ▁La ure lla ▁McC le ll and ▁and ▁Raymond ▁Parker . ▁The ▁operation ▁proved ▁successful , ▁and ▁the ▁v acc ine ▁was ▁soon ▁made ▁available ▁to ▁Canadian ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁British ▁and ▁American ▁troops . ▁At ▁peak , ▁one ▁million ▁dos es ▁were ▁produced ▁each ▁month ▁at ▁Con n aught . ▁Craig ie ▁received ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁of ▁America ▁Ty ph us ▁Commission ▁Medal ▁after ▁the ▁war ▁for ▁his ▁pione ering ▁work . ▁ ▁Blood ▁processing ▁ ▁As ▁violence ▁mounted ▁across ▁the ▁the at res ▁of ▁war , ▁so ▁did ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁blood ▁trans f usion ▁to ▁wounded ▁soldiers . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁Con n aught ▁under to ok ▁an ▁initi ative ▁to ▁dram atically ▁expand ▁capacity ▁for ▁blood ▁processing ▁into ▁free ze - d ried ▁ser um , ▁which ▁could ▁be ▁transport ed ▁more ▁effectively ▁than ▁liquid ▁blood . ▁By ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 2 , ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 1 , 0 0 0 ▁blood ▁don ations ▁were ▁collected ▁month ly ▁through ▁the ▁national ▁Red ▁Cross . ▁By ▁October , ▁over ▁ 5 7 , 0 0 0 ▁don ations ▁were ▁received ▁month ly . ▁Over ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁war , ▁Con n aught ▁received ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 . 5 ▁million ▁blood ▁don ations ▁which ▁made ▁it ▁possible ▁to ▁furn ish ▁ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁bott les ▁of ▁d ried ▁ser um . ▁ ▁To ▁accommod ate ▁the ▁increasing