MASH : an army surgeon in Korea / Otto F. Apel and Pat Apel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Apel, Otto F., 1923-2000.

Contributor:

Apel, Pat, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American.

Korean War, 1950-1953.

Korean War, 1950-1953--Medical care--United States.

Mobile hospitals--Korea (South).

Mobile hospitals.

United States. Army--Surgeons--Biography.

United States.

Apel, Otto F., 1923-2000.

Apel, Otto F.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"" When North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, Otto Apel was a surgical resident living in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife and three young children. A year later he was chief surgeon of the 8076th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital constantly near the front lines in Korea. Immediately upon arriving in camp, Apel performed 80 hours of surgery. His feet swelled so badly that he had to cut his boots off, and he saw more surgical cases in those three and a half days than he would have in a year back in Cleveland. There were also the lighter moments. When a Korean came to stay at th

Contents:

Cover; MASH; Title; Copyright; For Jeep, the young patron of the playing field, and Matt, the Airborne Ranger, our beloved of the next generation.; CONTENTS; Preface; Maps; 1. From the Gridiron to the Iron Triangle; 2. ""The Spirit of ' 76""; 3. The MASH in Action; 4. The Mechanized Angels; 5. Where We Lived; 6. In the OR; 7. ""We're Going to Be Court-Martialed""; 8. The Friends We Left Behind; 9. Rotating Out; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-219) and index.

ISBN:

9786613327499

9781283327497

128332749X

9780813170572

0813170575

OCLC:

47011547