Navy Medicine in Vietnam: Oral Histories from Dien Bien Phu to the Fall of Saigon

ISBN-13: 9781476675282 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 365 str.

Jan K. Herman

Opis

Chronicles 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.

Spis treści

• Preface 1
• 1. Passage to Freedom 3
• 2. An American War 25
• 3. Hearts and Minds 45
• 4. Medical Battalions in a Frontless War 68
• 5. Intrepid Surgeons 101
• 6. Corpsman Up! 108
• 7. Medal of Honor 150
• 8. Naval Support Activity Hospital Danang 155
• 9. Ships of Mercy 178
• 10. Holocaust on Yankee Station 200
• 11. Hue 211
• 12. Khe Sanh 230
• 13. Prisoner of War 251
• 14. Mending 269
• 15. Full Circle 289
• Epilogue: The Journey Back 317
• Appendix 1: The Cast 329
• Appendix 2: Medal of Honor Citations 336
• Appendix 3: Small Arms 339
• Glossary 341
• Chapter Notes 345
• Bibliography 349
• Index 353