A Surgeon's War
by Henry Ward Trueblood
"My Year in Vietnam"
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A Surgeon's War Book Details
War:
Vietnam War
Perspective:
Medics
True Story:
Yes
Biography:
Yes
Region:
Asia
Page Count:
210
Published Date:
2015
ISBN13:
9780986058257
A Surgeon's War Book Description
It's 1965. A young surgeon is drafted into the U.S. Navy and sent to Vietnam, where he finds himself closer than he ever imagined to the carnage of war. He performs operations while under fire and sees wounds that can barely be contemplated. Marines are dying on the operating table in front of him. The small-town moral certainties he grew up believing in may themselves succumb to the ravages he is witnessing. More than anything, he wants to make it home to marry the woman he loves.