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A Surgeon With Stilwell : Dr. John H. Grindlay and Combat Medicine in the China-Burma-India theater of World War II
Title
A Surgeon With Stilwell : Dr. John H. Grindlay and Combat Medicine in the China-Burma-India theater of World War II / Alan K. Lathrop.
ISBN
9781476673509
1476673500
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2018
Physical Description
viii, 251 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Summary
"Surgeon John H. Grindlay served in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II in 1941-1944. Drawing on his war diary and letters, this book sheds new light on the conduct of battlefield medicine in the tropics and provides perspective on such personalities as General Joseph W. Stilwell, Dr. Gordon S. Seagrave, and Chiang Kai-shek."--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 18, 2018
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Aid for China
AMMISCA goes to China
Grindlay goes to China
AMMISCA settles in
War begins for AMMISCA
Enter Stilwell and goodbye to China
Joining Seagrave in Burma
Stilwell's escape from Burma: preparing for the walkout
The walkout
Hambleton's story (continued)
The British, Chinese and civilian exodus
Ramgarh: the beginnings
Days and nights at Ramgarh, 1942-1943
Winding down at Ramgarh
Back to Burma and home.
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