Navy medicine in Vietnam : oral histories from Dien Bien Phu to the fall of Saigon / Jan K. Herman.

  • Herman, Jan K.
Date:
[2009], ©2009
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Description

"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.

Publication/Creation

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2009], ©2009.

Physical description

vii, 357 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm

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Bibliographic information

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.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    LN.2282.AA9
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780786439997
  • 0786439998