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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.
- 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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