Author: Reuel S. Long, M.D.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476648050
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Reuel Long's experiences as an MD in the emergency rooms of Flint, Michigan, prepared him for only some of what he would see in a mobile army surgical hospital. Antiwar sentiment among the doctors in basic training at Fort Sam Houston set the tone for his tour as a general medical officer. In March 1971, the 27th MASH played a critical role treating survivors of the deadliest attack on any firebase during the Vietnam War. Long's vivid memoir recalls the casualties he cared for during the war, including one he crossed paths with 44 years later--who in his own words describes his rehabilitation from the loss of his legs and his protesting the war from a wheelchair. An addendum gives an insider's account of the U.S. military's failure to remedy a fatal design flaw in the M16 rifle, which caused an unknown number of American casualties.
MASH Doctor in Vietnam
Author: Reuel S. Long, M.D.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476648050
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Reuel Long's experiences as an MD in the emergency rooms of Flint, Michigan, prepared him for only some of what he would see in a mobile army surgical hospital. Antiwar sentiment among the doctors in basic training at Fort Sam Houston set the tone for his tour as a general medical officer. In March 1971, the 27th MASH played a critical role treating survivors of the deadliest attack on any firebase during the Vietnam War. Long's vivid memoir recalls the casualties he cared for during the war, including one he crossed paths with 44 years later--who in his own words describes his rehabilitation from the loss of his legs and his protesting the war from a wheelchair. An addendum gives an insider's account of the U.S. military's failure to remedy a fatal design flaw in the M16 rifle, which caused an unknown number of American casualties.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476648050
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Reuel Long's experiences as an MD in the emergency rooms of Flint, Michigan, prepared him for only some of what he would see in a mobile army surgical hospital. Antiwar sentiment among the doctors in basic training at Fort Sam Houston set the tone for his tour as a general medical officer. In March 1971, the 27th MASH played a critical role treating survivors of the deadliest attack on any firebase during the Vietnam War. Long's vivid memoir recalls the casualties he cared for during the war, including one he crossed paths with 44 years later--who in his own words describes his rehabilitation from the loss of his legs and his protesting the war from a wheelchair. An addendum gives an insider's account of the U.S. military's failure to remedy a fatal design flaw in the M16 rifle, which caused an unknown number of American casualties.
MASH Doctor in Vietnam
Author: Reuel S. Long, M.D.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476690480
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Reuel Long's experiences as an MD in the emergency rooms of Flint, Michigan, prepared him for only some of what he would see in a mobile army surgical hospital. Antiwar sentiment among the doctors in basic training at Fort Sam Houston set the tone for his tour as a general medical officer. In March 1971, the 27th MASH played a critical role treating survivors of the deadliest attack on any firebase during the Vietnam War. Long's vivid memoir recalls the casualties he cared for during the war, including one he crossed paths with 44 years later--who in his own words describes his rehabilitation from the loss of his legs and his protesting the war from a wheelchair. An addendum gives an insider's account of the U.S. military's failure to remedy a fatal design flaw in the M16 rifle, which caused an unknown number of American casualties.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476690480
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Reuel Long's experiences as an MD in the emergency rooms of Flint, Michigan, prepared him for only some of what he would see in a mobile army surgical hospital. Antiwar sentiment among the doctors in basic training at Fort Sam Houston set the tone for his tour as a general medical officer. In March 1971, the 27th MASH played a critical role treating survivors of the deadliest attack on any firebase during the Vietnam War. Long's vivid memoir recalls the casualties he cared for during the war, including one he crossed paths with 44 years later--who in his own words describes his rehabilitation from the loss of his legs and his protesting the war from a wheelchair. An addendum gives an insider's account of the U.S. military's failure to remedy a fatal design flaw in the M16 rifle, which caused an unknown number of American casualties.
12, 20 & 5
Author: John A. Parrish
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480437883
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
The wry and heart-wrenching memoir of a young doctor’s year behind the frontlines in Vietnam. Assigned to the marine camp at Phu Bai, Dr. John A. Parrish confronted all manner of medical trauma, quickly shedding the naïveté of a new medical intern. With this memoir, he crafts a haunting, humane portrait of one man’s agonizing confrontation with war. With a wife and two children awaiting his return home, the young physician lives through the most turbulent and formative year of his life—and finds himself molded into a true doctor by the raw tragedy of the battlefield. His endless work is punctuated only by the arrival of the next helicopter bearing more casualties, and the stark announcements: “12 litter-borne wounded, 20 ambulatory wounded, and 5 dead.” 12, 20 & 5 is an intimate and unique look at the effects of war that Library Journal calls “an autobiographical M*A*S*H* . . . phenomenal.”
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480437883
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
The wry and heart-wrenching memoir of a young doctor’s year behind the frontlines in Vietnam. Assigned to the marine camp at Phu Bai, Dr. John A. Parrish confronted all manner of medical trauma, quickly shedding the naïveté of a new medical intern. With this memoir, he crafts a haunting, humane portrait of one man’s agonizing confrontation with war. With a wife and two children awaiting his return home, the young physician lives through the most turbulent and formative year of his life—and finds himself molded into a true doctor by the raw tragedy of the battlefield. His endless work is punctuated only by the arrival of the next helicopter bearing more casualties, and the stark announcements: “12 litter-borne wounded, 20 ambulatory wounded, and 5 dead.” 12, 20 & 5 is an intimate and unique look at the effects of war that Library Journal calls “an autobiographical M*A*S*H* . . . phenomenal.”
Just Before the Dawn
Author: Fenton A. Williams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
A Doctor's Vietnam Journal
Author: Carl E. Bartecchi, M.D.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1678173649
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Merriam Press Military History. A history of military and civilian medicine in Vietnam from World War II when the Japanese occupied Indochina through the French occupation after World War II and the American involvement in Vietnam, up to the present day. It is also a journal of the author's service as a doctor in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and later when he organized humanitarian aid for the Vietnamese and in particular assisting one hospital and its staff with training, equipment and supplies. Foreword by Patrick Brady MG, USA, Ret, who served as a Dustoff helicopter pilot in Vietnam and recipient of the Medal of Honor. 63 photos, 2 illustrations, 5 maps.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1678173649
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Merriam Press Military History. A history of military and civilian medicine in Vietnam from World War II when the Japanese occupied Indochina through the French occupation after World War II and the American involvement in Vietnam, up to the present day. It is also a journal of the author's service as a doctor in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and later when he organized humanitarian aid for the Vietnamese and in particular assisting one hospital and its staff with training, equipment and supplies. Foreword by Patrick Brady MG, USA, Ret, who served as a Dustoff helicopter pilot in Vietnam and recipient of the Medal of Honor. 63 photos, 2 illustrations, 5 maps.
Deliver Us From Evil
Author: Thomas A. Dooley
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1789122570
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
The young American who became a living legend to the world tells how as a navy doctor he helped half a million Vietnamese refugees escape from communist terror... This is the true, first-hand narrative of a twenty-seven-year-old Navy Doctor who found himself suddenly ordered to Indo-China, just after the tragic fall of Dien Bien Phu. In a small international compound within the totally Communist-consumed North Viet Nam, he built huge refugee camps to care for the hundreds of thousands of escapees seeking passage to freedom. Through his own ingenuity and that of his shipmates, and with touching humor, he managed to feed, clothe, and treat these leftovers of an eight-year war. Dr. Dooley “processed” over 600,000 refugees down the river and out to sea on small craft, where they were transferred to U.S. Navy ships to be carried to the free areas of Saigon. The “Bac Sy My,” as they called the American doctor, explains how he conquered the barriers of custom, language and hate to become, as the President of Viet Nam said of him, “Beloved by a whole nation.”
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1789122570
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
The young American who became a living legend to the world tells how as a navy doctor he helped half a million Vietnamese refugees escape from communist terror... This is the true, first-hand narrative of a twenty-seven-year-old Navy Doctor who found himself suddenly ordered to Indo-China, just after the tragic fall of Dien Bien Phu. In a small international compound within the totally Communist-consumed North Viet Nam, he built huge refugee camps to care for the hundreds of thousands of escapees seeking passage to freedom. Through his own ingenuity and that of his shipmates, and with touching humor, he managed to feed, clothe, and treat these leftovers of an eight-year war. Dr. Dooley “processed” over 600,000 refugees down the river and out to sea on small craft, where they were transferred to U.S. Navy ships to be carried to the free areas of Saigon. The “Bac Sy My,” as they called the American doctor, explains how he conquered the barriers of custom, language and hate to become, as the President of Viet Nam said of him, “Beloved by a whole nation.”
Military Medicine to Win Hearts and Minds
Author: Robert J. Wilensky
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
ISBN: 9780896725324
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"Most important, there is no evidence that the good will built by U.S. doctors transferred to the South Vietnamese forces, and in fact the opposite may have been true: American programs may have emphasized the inability of the South Vietnamese government to provide basic health care to its own people. Furthermore, the programs may have demonstrated to Vietnamese civilians that foreign soldiers cared more for them than their own troops did. If that is the case, the programs actually did more harm than good in the attempt to win hearts and minds."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
ISBN: 9780896725324
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
"Most important, there is no evidence that the good will built by U.S. doctors transferred to the South Vietnamese forces, and in fact the opposite may have been true: American programs may have emphasized the inability of the South Vietnamese government to provide basic health care to its own people. Furthermore, the programs may have demonstrated to Vietnamese civilians that foreign soldiers cared more for them than their own troops did. If that is the case, the programs actually did more harm than good in the attempt to win hearts and minds."--BOOK JACKET.
Hold Your Breath
Author: Gary Saunders
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Gary Saunders, an x-ray technologist, served from 1970 to 1971 in MASH (mobile army surgical hospital) units in Vietnam. In this memoir, he shares his story of basic training, his journey to and arrival in Vietnam, and time he spent in the 27th Surgical Hospital in Chu Lai, as well as the 91st Evacuation Hospital, and 23rd Medical Company. Besides x-raying patients, he served on guard duty. The book's title, Hold Your Breath, reflects what Gary told patients when they were x-rayed, but it serves as a broader metaphor for what happens in a war zone. Gary shares how he worked in a surgical hospital with limited equipment and staff who were trained in army programs. He recalls horrendous stories of amputees-including US soldiers and Vietnamese children. He details the stress of being under attack and trying to protect the patients from artillery. Vietnam was not all bad, however. Gary made some lifelong friends. He discovered the beauty of Vietnam and enjoyed holiday meals and days spent at the beach. Overall, he had the experience of a lifetime in a time and place most of us can only imagine. Hold Your Breath helps fill a gap in Vietnam War history. It is compelling reading for history and military buffs and anyone who wants to understand what it is like to live in a war. Gary Saunders grew up in rural Ohio. After high school, he became an x-ray technologist before being drafted to serve in the Vietnam War in a MASH unit. After the war, he had a successful decades-long medical career at several different hospitals in Ohio. Today, he is enjoying retirement with his wife Joyce.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Gary Saunders, an x-ray technologist, served from 1970 to 1971 in MASH (mobile army surgical hospital) units in Vietnam. In this memoir, he shares his story of basic training, his journey to and arrival in Vietnam, and time he spent in the 27th Surgical Hospital in Chu Lai, as well as the 91st Evacuation Hospital, and 23rd Medical Company. Besides x-raying patients, he served on guard duty. The book's title, Hold Your Breath, reflects what Gary told patients when they were x-rayed, but it serves as a broader metaphor for what happens in a war zone. Gary shares how he worked in a surgical hospital with limited equipment and staff who were trained in army programs. He recalls horrendous stories of amputees-including US soldiers and Vietnamese children. He details the stress of being under attack and trying to protect the patients from artillery. Vietnam was not all bad, however. Gary made some lifelong friends. He discovered the beauty of Vietnam and enjoyed holiday meals and days spent at the beach. Overall, he had the experience of a lifetime in a time and place most of us can only imagine. Hold Your Breath helps fill a gap in Vietnam War history. It is compelling reading for history and military buffs and anyone who wants to understand what it is like to live in a war. Gary Saunders grew up in rural Ohio. After high school, he became an x-ray technologist before being drafted to serve in the Vietnam War in a MASH unit. After the war, he had a successful decades-long medical career at several different hospitals in Ohio. Today, he is enjoying retirement with his wife Joyce.
Mash
Author: Richard Hooker
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061842117
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Before the movie, this is the novel that gave life to Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan, Frank Burns, Radar O'Reilly, and the rest of the gang that made the 4077th MASH like no other place in Korea or on earth. The doctors who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained but, like most soldiers sent to fight a war, too young for the job. In the words of the author, "a few flipped their lids, but most of them just raised hell, in a variety of ways and degrees." For fans of the movie and the series alike, here is the original version of that perfectly corrupt football game, those martini-laced mornings and sexual escapades, and that unforgettable foray into assisted if incompleted suicide—all as funny and poignant now as they were before they became a part of America's culture and heart.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061842117
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Before the movie, this is the novel that gave life to Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan, Frank Burns, Radar O'Reilly, and the rest of the gang that made the 4077th MASH like no other place in Korea or on earth. The doctors who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained but, like most soldiers sent to fight a war, too young for the job. In the words of the author, "a few flipped their lids, but most of them just raised hell, in a variety of ways and degrees." For fans of the movie and the series alike, here is the original version of that perfectly corrupt football game, those martini-laced mornings and sexual escapades, and that unforgettable foray into assisted if incompleted suicide—all as funny and poignant now as they were before they became a part of America's culture and heart.
MASH
Author: Otto F. Apel
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813137055
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
When North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, Otto Apel was a surgical resident living in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife and three young children. A year later he was chief surgeon of the 8076th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital constantly near the front lines in Korea. Immediately upon arriving in camp, Apel performed 80 hours of surgery. His feet swelled so badly that he had to cut his boots off, and he saw more surgical cases in those three and a half days than he would have in a year back in Cleveland. There were also the lighter moments. When a Korean came to stay at the 8076th, word of her beauty spread so rapidly that they needed MPs just to direct traffic. Apel also recalls a North Korean aviator, nicknamed "Bedcheck Charlie," who would drop a phony grenade from an open-cockpit biplane, a story later filmed for the television series. He also tells of the day the tent surrounding the women's shower was "accidentally" blown off by a passing helicopter. In addition to his own story, Apel details the operating conditions, workload, and patient care at the MASH units while revealing the remarkable advances made in emergency medical care. MASH units were the first hospitals designed for operations close to the front lines, and from this particularly difficult vantage, their medical staffs were responsible for innovations in the use of antibiotics and blood plasma and in arterial repair. On film and television, MASH doctors and nurses have been portrayed as irreverent and having little patience with standard military procedures. In this powerful memoir, Apel reveals just how realistic these portrayals were.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813137055
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
When North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, Otto Apel was a surgical resident living in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife and three young children. A year later he was chief surgeon of the 8076th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital constantly near the front lines in Korea. Immediately upon arriving in camp, Apel performed 80 hours of surgery. His feet swelled so badly that he had to cut his boots off, and he saw more surgical cases in those three and a half days than he would have in a year back in Cleveland. There were also the lighter moments. When a Korean came to stay at the 8076th, word of her beauty spread so rapidly that they needed MPs just to direct traffic. Apel also recalls a North Korean aviator, nicknamed "Bedcheck Charlie," who would drop a phony grenade from an open-cockpit biplane, a story later filmed for the television series. He also tells of the day the tent surrounding the women's shower was "accidentally" blown off by a passing helicopter. In addition to his own story, Apel details the operating conditions, workload, and patient care at the MASH units while revealing the remarkable advances made in emergency medical care. MASH units were the first hospitals designed for operations close to the front lines, and from this particularly difficult vantage, their medical staffs were responsible for innovations in the use of antibiotics and blood plasma and in arterial repair. On film and television, MASH doctors and nurses have been portrayed as irreverent and having little patience with standard military procedures. In this powerful memoir, Apel reveals just how realistic these portrayals were.