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A surgeon With Stilwell : Dr. John H. Grindlay and Combat Medicine in the China-Burma-India theater of World War II / Alan K. Lathrop.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lathrop, Alan K., 1940- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Grindlay, John H.
United States. Army--Surgeons--Biography.
United States.
World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--United States.
World War, 1939-1945.
Surgeons--United States--Biography.
Surgeons.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (260 pages)
Place of Publication:
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
Summary:
"Surgeon John H. Grindlay served in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II in 1941-1944. Drawing on his war diary and letters, this book sheds new light on the conduct of battlefield medicine in the tropics and provides perspective on such personalities as General Joseph W. Stilwell, Dr. Gordon S. Seagrave, and Chiang Kai-shek."--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Aid for China
AMMISCA goes to China
Grindlay goes to China
AMMISCA settles in
War begins for AMMISCA
Enter Stilwell and goodbye to China
Joining Seagrave in Burma
Stilwell's escape from Burma: preparing for the walkout
The walkout
Hambleton's story (continued)
The British, Chinese and civilian exodus
Ramgarh: the beginnings
Days and nights at Ramgarh, 1942/1943
Winding down at Ramgarh
Back to Burma and home.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
1-4766-3306-1

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