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Author:

Herman, Jan K.

Title:

Navy medicine in Vietnam : Passage to Freedom to the fall of Saigon / Jan K. Herman.

Publisher:

Naval History & Heritage CommandDept. of the Navy,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

50 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Medical care.
Medicine, Naval--United States--History--20th century.
Medicine, Naval--Vietnam--History--20th century.
United States.--Navy--History--Vietnam--History--20th century.
United States.--Navy--Medical personnel--Biography.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American.
Operation Passage to Freedom, 1954-1955.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Ho Chi Minh City.--Ho Chi Minh City.
United States.--Navy--History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Naval operations, American.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 50).

Contents:

Station Hospital Saigon -- Hearts and minds -- The medical battalions -- Naval Support Activity Hospital, Danang -- Mercy ships -- "When you lose your corpsman" -- Medevac -- Epilogue -- Sidebars. Eyewitness to a coup ; "Torpedo in the water!" ; Resuscitation of the nearly dead ; Dr. Dinsmore's souvenir ; Frozen blood on trial ; A Navy nurse's recollections ; Field Medical Service School ; Medal of Honor ; Prisoners of war.

Series:

The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War

ISBN:

0945274629 (alk. paper)
9780945274629 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)458583716

LCCN:

2009043827

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)