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Author:
Lathrop, Alan K., 1940- author.
Title:
A Surgeon With Stilwell : Dr. John H. Grindlay and Combat Medicine in the China-Burma-India theater of World War II / Alan K. Lathrop.
Publisher:
McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
viii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject:
Grindlay, John H.
United States.--Army--Surgeons--Biography.
United States.--Army.
World War (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--United States.
Surgeons--United States--Biography.
Armed Forces--Surgeons.
Medical care.
Surgeons.
United States.
1939-1945
Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
ISBN:
1476673500
9781476673509
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1013179034
LCCN:
2018035672
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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