Three Hospitals Handle Casualties in Viet Nam War
In Saigon a Navy hospital and two Army facilities treat battlefield casualties. An evaluation helicopter lands on a soccer field to shift wounded to the Navy hospital, then by van to the five story complex. Major surgery and long stays send patients to the Philippines Okinawa or the United States as routine evacuations occur four times weekly. Lt Cmdr Philip E Jones notes the aim to maximize treated patients while keeping caseload ready for emergencies.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Navy
Viet Nam
U.S
Navy
Nha Trang
Philippines
Okinawa
United States
Cmdr
Philip E. Jones
la Mesa
Calif
Navy Hospital
L. Ambulance Service
Girl In Harlan Requests Asafoetida As A Charge
A young girl in Harlan enters a local drugstore and asks for asafoetida for her mother. The clerk places the pungent gum in an envelope and the girl says her mother is Mrs Leitbelter and the clerk notes she cannot spell either. The mother owes 11 cents and the clerk declines further credit.
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Harlan, Ky
Army Medical Service Marks 190th Birthday
The Army Medical Service marks its 190th anniversary noting its early role in the American Revolutionary War and its range of achievements. It contributed to yellow fever research typhoid fever treatment and Asian flu virus isolation while pioneering weather record keeping shoe lasts and water purification by chlorine.
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Washington
Army Medical Department
Army Medical Service
U.S. Weather Bureau
Myth of extreme Amazon heat debunked by Britannica
Britannica notes the Amazon’s upper reaches are not unbearably hot and argues that temperatures near 100 degrees Fahrenheit are rare. thermometers often fall below 60 degrees in cooler periods, challenging the myth of relentless heat.
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Amazon
Encyclopaedia Britannica
8 to 1 Edge in Viet War To Take 650,000 More Gls
Discussion of manpower ratios in Viet Nam suggesting an 8 to 1 edge could require about 650,000 more U.S. troops, with higher ratios implying up to 900,000. Context cites McNamara calling 4 to 1 unacceptable and notes mobility via helicopters and allied increases. Also mentions a Brecht drama by Gunter Grass on East Berlin figures.
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South
Viet Nam
U.S
South Viet Nam
Robert i S. McNamara
Brecht
New York
Bertolt Brecht
Gunter Grass
Plebians
East Berlin
Bevin Forkars
West Berlin
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Barbara Jean Cavanagh
Cosmopolitan Club
Florida
Robert
Duncan
Viet
Unico
UBU
Unico Electric
Winchester
Stephens City
Southern States Cooperative Appliance Agency
James Stewart
Shenandoah
Royal Drive In
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
Blue Cross- Blue Shield
Liberal Hospital
Virginia Medical Service Association
West Boscawen Street
Boscawen Street
Virginia
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