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Navy medicine in Vietnam : oral histories from Dien Bien Phu to the fall of Saigon / Jan K. Herman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Herman, Jan K.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Naval operations, American--Personal narratives, American.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Medicine, Naval--United States--Personal narratives.
- Medicine, Naval.
- United States. Navy.
- United States.
- Naval Medicine--history.
- Vietnam.
- Vietnam Conflict.
- History, 20th Century.
- Medical Subjects:
- Naval Medicine--history.
- United States.
- Vietnam.
- Vietnam Conflict.
- History, 20th Century.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Personal narratives -- American.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 357 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2009]
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-351) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786439997
- 0786439998
- OCLC:
- 231671316
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