Army Combat Medics in the Vietnam War: Nine Personal Accounts
In this book, nine U.S. Army combat medics share their experiences during the Vietnam War, in their own words. Their accounts relate why they joined the Army during wartime and why they became medics, alongside minute-by-minute, gut-wrenching recollections of caring for the wounded and dead under fire. They also reflect the long-term effects that the war had on the medics and their families.

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Army Combat Medics in the Vietnam War: Nine Personal Accounts
In this book, nine U.S. Army combat medics share their experiences during the Vietnam War, in their own words. Their accounts relate why they joined the Army during wartime and why they became medics, alongside minute-by-minute, gut-wrenching recollections of caring for the wounded and dead under fire. They also reflect the long-term effects that the war had on the medics and their families.

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Army Combat Medics in the Vietnam War: Nine Personal Accounts

Army Combat Medics in the Vietnam War: Nine Personal Accounts

by Harry Spiller
Army Combat Medics in the Vietnam War: Nine Personal Accounts
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Army Combat Medics in the Vietnam War: Nine Personal Accounts

Army Combat Medics in the Vietnam War: Nine Personal Accounts

by Harry Spiller

Overview

In this book, nine U.S. Army combat medics share their experiences during the Vietnam War, in their own words. Their accounts relate why they joined the Army during wartime and why they became medics, alongside minute-by-minute, gut-wrenching recollections of caring for the wounded and dead under fire. They also reflect the long-term effects that the war had on the medics and their families.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781476694252
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 05/07/2024
Pages: 185
Sales rank: 865,345
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.38(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Harry Spiller is the author of 18 books and numerous magazine articles. He served for 10 years in the U.S. Marine Corps with two tours in Vietnam. He also served as sheriff of Williamson County, Illinois, and retired as an associate professor of criminal justice from John A. Logan College. He lives in Marion, Illinois.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Author’s Note
Acknowledgments viii
Introduction
One. ­SP-5 Michael Guadagno, Quang Nai Province, 1968–69
Two. SP-5 Richard Pastor, Long Thanh North, 1969–71
Three. SP-5 Raydon E. Hubbard, Pleiku, An Khe, 1969–70
Four. SP-4 Leo Flory, I–Corps Area North and West of Hue, 1968–69
Five. SP-5 William “Neil” Keddie, Jr., Camp Eagle, I Corps, 1969–70
Six. SP-4 Dwayne Williams, Phu Bai, 1970–71
Seven. SP-5 James E. Barnes, Dak To, 1967–68
Eight. SP-5 John M. Maag, Dak To, Pleiku, 1967–68
Nine. Staff Sergeant Alfred Penn Davidson, Pleiku, January 1969–December 1969
Appendix A: In Memory
Appendix B: Vietnam Facts and Statistics
Index
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