Navy medicine in Vietnam
Subtitle: oral histories from Dien Bien Phu to the fall of Saigon
By: Jan K. Herman.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9780786439997
Subjects: United States. -- Navy; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Naval operations, American -- Personal narratives, American; Medicine, Naval -- United States -- Personal narratives; Naval Medicine -- history -- United States -- Personal Narratives; Naval Medicine -- history -- Vietnam -- Personal Narratives; Vietnam Conflict -- United States -- Personal Narratives; Vietnam Conflict -- Vietnam -- Personal Narratives; History, 20th Century -- United States -- Personal Narratives; History, 20th Century -- Vietnam -- Personal Narratives
Genres: Personal narratives, American.; Personal narratives.; Personal Narratives.
Description: "The book chronicles the story of 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"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Passage to freedom; title: An American war; title: Hearts and minds; title: Medical battalions in a frontless war; title: Intrepid surgeons; title: Corpsman up!; title: Medal of honor; title: Naval support activity Hospital Danang; title: Ships of mercy; title: Holocaust on Yankee Station; title: Hue; title: Khe Sanh; title: Prisoner of war; title: Mending; title: Full circle; title: Epilogue : the journey back.