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Navy medicine in Vietnam : oral histories from Dien Bien Phu to the fall of Saigon
Author
Title
Navy medicine in Vietnam : oral histories from Dien Bien Phu to the fall of Saigon / Jan K. Herman.
ISBN
9780786439997 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0786439998 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2009.
Physical Description
vii, 357 p. : ill., map ; 27 cm.
Summary
"The book chronicles the story of the Navy Medical Department's participation in Vietnam, beginning with the Navy's rescue of the French survivors of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 and ending with the Navy's rescue of Vietnamese refugees fleeing the fall of South Vietnam in 1975"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 17, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-351) and index.
Contents
Passage to freedom
An American war
Hearts and minds
Medical battalions in a frontless war
Intrepid surgeons
Corpsman up!
Medal of honor
Naval support activity Hospital Danang
Ships of mercy
Holocaust on Yankee Station
Hue
Khe Sanh
Prisoner of war
Mending
Full circle
Epilogue : the journey back.
Subjects
Subjects (Medical)
Vietnam Conflict - United States - Personal Narratives.
Vietnam Conflict - Vietnam - Personal Narratives.
History, 20th Century - United States - Personal Narratives.
History, 20th Century - Vietnam - Personal Narratives.
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