A Different Face of War: Memories of a Medical Service Corps Officer in Vietnam (North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (519 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1574416170 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 576 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Selected by Major General Pat Sargent, Chief of the U.S. The author describes with great clarity and poignancy the anguish among the survivors when an American cargo plane in bad weather lands short of the Da Nang Air Base runway on Christmas Eve and crashes into a Vietnamese coastal village, killing more than 100 people and destroying their village; the heart-wrenching pleadings of a teenage girl that her shrapnel-ravaged leg not be amputated; and the anger of an American helicopter pilot who made repeated trips into a hot landing zone to evacuate the wounded, only to have the Vietnamese insist that the dead be given a higher priority.. Van Straten traveled extensively and interacted with military officers and non-commissioned officers, peasant-class farmers, Buddhist bonzes, shopkeepers, scribes, physicians, nurses, the mentally ill, and even political o
"Great book should be read by all soldiers" according to Fredricke A. Clayton. Great book should be read by all soldiers, especially those who went to Viet Nam; occupation does not matter. Also the Civilians who worked in Viet Nam. Great book Sir!. The advisory effort in support of the RVN and civilian population was one of our best programs, run with very limited resources Amazon Customer This book by Colonel Van Straten is an outstanding account of the Vietnam War many in our country never heard or knew about. I was also an MSC Advisor in a different part of Vietnam during some of the same time as he and was facing many of the same situations. His clear and accurate description of everyday occurrences, interactions with Vietnamese and American military and civilians, and his insights into the conflict gave me the feeling I was reliving much of my own year's w. I am proud to say that the author of A Donna VanStraten Remmert I am proud to say that the author of A Different Face of War, James G. Van Straten, is my brother---the first-born of seven children in a loving Wisconsin family. It is not surprising to me that through his hard work and force of character, he found countless and ingenious ways to not only help American and Vietnamese military doctors, nurses and Navy corpsmen heal the battle wounds of soldiers but also found ways to facilitate the giving of compassionate care to the helpless
He witnessed what is recorded. John Henry Giles and the German hospital ship, the Helgoland, presage what we know today as ‘medical diplomacy.’ He is inspired—and inspiring—as he describes ‘winning the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people’ through the best of medicine and education."—John P. No one can tell the story of the devastating effect of war on civilians better than a medical department officer."—Ron Milam, Texas Tech University, and author of Not a Gentleman's War: An Inside View of Junior Officers in the Vietnam War “In this sensiti