Navy Medicine in Vietnam - Oral Histories from Dien Bien Phu to the Fall of Saigon

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.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Preface     

1. Passage to Freedom     

2. An American War     

3. Hearts and Minds     

4. Medical Battalions in a Frontless War     

5. Intrepid Surgeons     

6. Corpsman Up!     

7. Medal of Honor     

8. Naval Support Activity Hospital Danang     

9. Ships of Mercy     

10. Holocaust on Yankee Station     

11. Hue     

12. Khe Sanh     

13. Prisoner of War     

14. Mending     

15. Full Circle     

Epilogue: The Journey Back     

Appendix 1: The Cast     

Appendix 2: Medal of Honor Citations     

Appendix 3: Small Arms     

Glossary     

Chapter Notes     

Bibliography     

Index     

About the author

Jan K. Herman is the former chief medical historian of the U.S. Navy. He has written and produced documentaries for the Navy, highlighting its medical service during World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam. He has authored more than 50 articles and five books. Now retired, he resides in Takoma Park, Maryland.

Product details

• Authors: Jan K. Herman, Herman Jan K.
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.07.2018
• EAN: 9781476675282
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-7528-2
• No. of pages: 365
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 626 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Vietnam, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Biography: general, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, MEDICAL / History, HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / Military / United States, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Aviation & Nautical, Naval forces & warfare, History of Medicine, c 1960 to c 1970, United States of America, USA, Naval forces and warfare, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, c 1955 to c 1975 (Vietnam War period), Vietnam War, MEDICAL / Military Medicine, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War