MASH: an army surgeon in Korea
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Main Author: Apel, Otto F. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington University Press of Kentucky ©1998
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-219) and index
From the Gridiron to the Iron Triangle -- "The Spirit of '76" -- The MASH in Action -- The Mechanized Angels -- Where We Lived -- In the OR -- "We're Going to Be Court-Martialed" -- The Friends We Left Behind -- Rotating Out
"When North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, Otto Apel was a surgical resident living in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife and three young children. A year later he was chief surgeon of the 8076th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital constantly near the front lines in Korea. Immediately upon arriving in camp, Apel performed 80 hours of surgery. His feet swelled so badly that he had to cut his boots off, and he saw more surgical cases in those three and a half days than he would have in a year back in Cleveland. There were also the lighter moments
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 222 pages)
ISBN:0813120705
0813137055
0813170575
9780813120706
9780813137056
9780813170572

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