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Author : Jan K. Herman
Release : 2015-05-01
Genre : Medical
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Book Synopsis Navy Medicine in Vietnam: Passage to Freedom to the Fall of Saigon by : Jan K. Herman
Download or read book Navy Medicine in Vietnam: Passage to Freedom to the Fall of Saigon written by Jan K. Herman. This book was released on 2015-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jan K. Herman
Release : 2010
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Book Synopsis Navy Medicine in Vietnam :. by : Jan K. Herman
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Author : Jan K. Herman
Release : 2009-01-14
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Navy Medicine in Vietnam by : Jan K. Herman
Download or read book Navy Medicine in Vietnam written by Jan K. Herman. This book was released on 2009-01-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book chronicles the Navy Medical Department's participation in Vietnam, beginning with the Navy's rescue of the French survivors of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 and ending with the Navy's rescue of Vietnamese refugees fleeing the fall of South Vietnam in 1975. When American involvement reached its peak in 1968, the 750-bed Naval Support Activity Hospital Danang (NSAH) was in full operation, and two hospital ships--the USS Repose and the USS Sanctuary--cruised offshore. Whether the situation called for saving the lives of injured sailors aboard a burning aircraft carrier or treating a critically wounded Marine for shock in the rubble-strewn streets of Hue, Navy medical personnel were in Vietnam from the beginning of American involvement to the very end, saving thousands of lives. This book tells the story of the Navy Medical Department's involvement through stark and gripping first-person accounts by patients and the Navy physicians, dentists, nurses, and hospital corpsmen who treated them. More than 50 historic photos document their work.
Author : Herman Jan K.
Release : 2015-11-27
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Book Synopsis Navy Medicine in Vietnam by : Herman Jan K.
Download or read book Navy Medicine in Vietnam written by Herman Jan K.. This book was released on 2015-11-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: he book chronicles the Navy Medical Department's participation in Vietnam, beginning with the Navy's rescue of the French survivors of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 and ending with the Navy's rescue of Vietnamese refugees fleeing the fall of South Vietnam in 1975."
Author : Department of the Navy
Release : 2015-01-22
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Navy Medicine in Vietnam (Color) by : Department of the Navy
Download or read book Navy Medicine in Vietnam (Color) written by Department of the Navy. This book was released on 2015-01-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In July 1953, U.S. and North Korean military officials signed an armistice at Panmunjom ending hostilities—but without a permanent peace on the Korean peninsula. Demobilization of the armed forces began almost immediately, following much the same pattern shortly after World War II. This military decrease was across the board and keenly felt by the Navy Medical Department.The authorized ratio of medical officers to active duty troop strength was cut in half. Between 1953 And 1954, the Navy lost more than 1,000 physicians—an astonishing 25 percent reduction. For the fleet, reductions meant that battleships went from two medical officers to one; aircraft carriers, from three medical officers to two; and LST (landing ship tank) squadrons, from two physicians to one. Besides personnel cuts, peacetime also meant disestablishing many naval hospitals or, at the very least, downgrading them from hospitals to infirmaries.Despite this retrograde movement in Navy medical personnel and facilities, the Cold War continued. Indochina replaced Korea as the number one hot spot. When French colonial rule in Indochina came to a chaotic end in 1954, following the climactic defeat at Dien Bien Phu, the U.S. Navy helped evacuate 721 French troops and transport them back to their homes in France and North Africa. These pitiful soldiers suffered not only from wounds but also from a variety of jungle diseases and malnutrition. The hospital ship Haven (AH 12), which had already seen action in World War II and four tours during the Korean War, was again pressed into service for the trip. When one of the Legionnaires died en route, “they off -loaded the body in a casket with the French flag draped over it,” Navy nurse Anna Corcoran recalled. “That was very, very emotional to watch. Of course, at that time, we didn't know how many of our own would be going home that way from Vietnam. We couldn't have imagined back in 1954 that 10 years later we would be involved just like the French were.”
