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Navy medicine in Vietnam : oral histories from Dien Bien Phu to the fall of Saigon
- Title
- Navy medicine in Vietnam : oral histories from Dien Bien Phu to the fall of Saigon / Jan K. Herman.
- Author
- Herman, Jan K.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 09-3 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- vii, 357 p. : ill., map; 27 cm.
- Summary
- "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.
- Subjects
- History, 20th Century > Vietnam > Personal Narratives
- Vietnam Conflict > Vietnam > Personal Narratives
- Naval Medicine > history > Vietnam > Personal Narratives
- History, 20th Century > United States > Personal Narratives
- Naval Medicine > history > United States > Personal Narratives
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Naval operations, American > Personal narratives, American
- Medicine, Naval > United States > Personal narratives
- United States > Navy
- Vietnam Conflict > United States > Personal Narratives
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-351) and index.
- Contents
- Passage to freedom -- An American war -- Hearts and minds -- Medical battalions in a frontless war -- Intrepid surgeons -- Corpsman up! -- Medal of honor -- Naval support activity Hospital Danang -- Ships of mercy -- Holocaust on Yankee Station -- Hue -- Khe Sanh -- Prisoner of war -- Mending -- Full circle -- Epilogue : the journey back.
- Call Number
- JFF 09-3
- ISBN
- 9780786439997 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0786439998 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008032761
- OCLC
- 231671316
- vendorOCN231671316
- Author
- Herman, Jan K.
- Title
- Navy medicine in Vietnam : oral histories from Dien Bien Phu to the fall of Saigon / Jan K. Herman.
- Imprint
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-351) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 09-3