Combat Medic: Vietnam: Combat Medic: Vietnam
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The personal stories of ten decorated Army medics and Navy corpsmen describes their harrowing wartime experiences in Vietnam, from their encounters with the brutalities of the area to their... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0671736914
ISBN13:9780671736910
Release Date:January 1991
Publisher:Pocket Books
Length:232 Pages
Weight:0.31 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 4.2" x 6.7"
Customer Reviews
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The Real Heroes
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
"Combat Medic Vietnam" is a solid military story. Its 33 chapters are devoted to some 10 Army and Marine medics who served in Vietnam. While "CM" pulls no punches, neither does it belabor or drag the episodes out. Each episode, told in the first person "tells it like it was" and moves on. The result is a highly compact and readable tale with no gratuitous gore and suffering. To the credit of the men involved, there is also no trace of self-pity though the Lord knows they were well entitled on that score. The Afterward reveals what became of the 10 when they returned to "The World"- more power to them all! I enjoyed the Appendix, which encompasses a brief world history of military medics both U.S. and foreign. "CM" has 2 minor flaws common to military books: There are no maps and no glossary of Army/Marine/Navy acronyms or jargon. Their inclusion would have helped. Their exclusion does not detract from the larger story. "CM" represents yet another view, another observation post into the Vietnam War. Both "Combat Medic" and author Roberts earlier work, "One Shot-One Kill" are highly and earnestly recommended.
thank God for Mr Roberts and the Medics
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This is a great book. I couldn't put it down and read the whole thing from cover to cover. It covers the experiences of the medics in the Vietnam war. I know one of the medics featured in the book. His name is Doug Wean, and he is a heroic honorable person. If you want to get the inside story on the Vietnam war this is a book for you.
Recommended by Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 295
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This book is on the "Recommended Reading List" of Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 295, Indianapolis, Indiana
What combat looks like from the eyes of a combat medic.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
As one of the ten men featured in this book, it was both an honor and a humbling experience to reveal the most intimate moments of my entire life to the world in print. The experiences of this book are real - recorded from gut-wrenching memories that will never die. Bob 'Doc' Bosma
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