I'm looking for specifics on where they got immediate treatment for their wounds that resulted in limbs being amputated as well as where they were evacuated to in order to receive more involved treatment out of harm's way. Or where they just sent home to their local VA Hospital after initial stabilization? Did locations vary according to military branch? If so, I'm mostly interested in the case of a wounded Marine around the time of the Tet Offensive (1968).
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There were 2 large military hospitals, with full surgical staff. One at Tonsanute and one at Cam Rhan Bay. I should think that either of them would have handled the initial treatment, with evacuation probably being to one the hospitals in Japan.
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Give it to my neighbor. He is an Iraqi war veteran that is waiting on his compensation to go through for war injuries! He wanted to stay.....they made him come home!
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The 21st Evac Hospital was located near Pusan.\nThe link below pretty much lists where all the army units were located.
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Thank you so much for your care and concern.  Please know that anything you do for a soldier will be greatly appreciated.  Go to www.AnySoldier.com.  You will find info there about what you can do.
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This may seem too simple, but the best way to find the information that you're looking for is to talk to other Vietnam Vets. Good places to find them is at a local VFW or a Veteran's hospital. \n\nMy father server in Vietnam as well, and has only recently opened up about what happened to him there. I've herd the same happening with many other Vietnam Vets too. Something about the recent Iraq War has triggered many of them to talk after more than 30 years of wanting to forget about what happened. \n\nI have family in Vietnam to include uncles that served on both sides of the war. They seem to be easier about letting the past go than the American veterans. One of my uncles served almost ten years in a communist prison, had all his arms and legs broken many times and had his eye ripped out of his head. Even he has let the war go into the past. \n\nAnotehr good place to look is the Internet. There are hundreds of Web sites that haev very good information about the Vietnam War with the ones supported by veterans having the most accurate information. Don't bother with the government supported sites - they're still lying aobut what happened. \n\nGood luck with your reseasrch!
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I'm wondering if my brother is okay in Iraq. He got hit with shrapnul a few days ago. He had surgery and they say he will be fine, but I'm still worried. Who knows, something worse could happen.
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Thank you for your kind words. I am a retired Marine (due to injury in Iraq) Just wondering, have you ever seen a Marine in his Dress Blues?
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I saw the documentary on it. They concluded that it was accidental. He broke his leg and the wound got infected and killed him.
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I assume your Dad was with this unit?\nName:  Bill Bouckaert  \n\nEmail Address: bbilljb@aol.com\n\nDate: 10/03/05\n\nComments: My name is Bill Bouckaert. I was in country from 2/67 till2/68. I was the Commo man for the whole year I was there. Sgt Torre was the Commo Sgt. 66 was our APC,  Rosemarys  Baby. Most of my time was spent at Blackhorse.\nI met a lot of great guys, I enjoy reading all the communication from friends from 30= years ago.\nGod Bless\n\nI hope this will be of some help for you! Our Vietnam Troops served proudly and certainly did not deserve the treatment that some of them recieved when they came home\n\nAn excellent site where you can find any and all info on Vietnam is: http://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/Vietnam.html#Images\n\nAnother site I enjoyed/there are a lot of photos on this site too! :\nhttp://www.woodlot.com/vietnam/html/photo.cfm
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go to google, and type in his name. If there were any stories on it they would be listed. Your best option would be to try the newspaper from the base he was stationed at in the states. Good luck finding any. My husband was injured, and there was not a story on him, or the mission he was on.
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Okay... you've got a lot of good advice there. But let me tell you what the hardest thing to deal with when deployed and you send all your letters and good things from home. Believe it or not, open ended letters. Those are the letters that say everything is great, and I got hurt. Everyone is fine, and Johnny's arm is doing better. Everything is wonderful, the electricity will be back on tomorrow. It may sound silly, but when away from home for an extended period of time, even the smallest thing on your end seems like a crisis on the other. So please take my advice, when you write about what's going on, both good and bad (we do want to know everything when deployed) make sure that he knows, that you've explained well, that all is okay. And please don't send him anything that will melt in the heat. All the best to both of you.
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There is a case involving a patient that had the wrong limb amputated because of a clerical error. I'm not sure where this was, however, it was no that long ago. It should be available on the web. Start with Florida. I work at a doctor's office in Florida and we hear this stuff all of the time. Good luck with your paper.
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I EAS'ed in May, 2005.  I am currently finsihing college and have a very nice beard.  My time is my own and I do what I wish (no training days, no formations, no JOB/wall locker inspections.  I "PT" more than I did when I was in, but now it is because I want to, not because I have to.  I was an MP and worked about 60+ hours a week.  It is great being a civilian.....EXCEPT I really miss it.  For everything I hated about the Corps, I am now finding there is something I Love and now miss.  My wife and I have no medical insurance, no BAH, nothing.  The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, I know.  But I seriously am considering getting back in (but probably OCS).  \nDo whatever you wish, but please take into consideration all that I have mentioned, and more, if you have not already.  Or course, if you do get out, you can always go back.
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Last report I can find if from November 6th, stating, "Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was taken out of intensive care Monday morning, four days after he was admitted for a dangerous infection, the Haim Sheba Medical Center announced. His condition has improved and he was transferred from the intensive care unit to the respiratory rehabilitation ward."\n\nDoctors said that Sharon, comatose since suffering a stroke in January, had been moved to intensive care when the infection threatened his heart. The infection was "identified and treated" and Sharon showed improved cardiovascular performance.\n\nThe most recent worsening in Shaorn's condition was registered this past August, when he was also transferred to the ICU. A short while later the former PM was moved back to the Respiratory Rehabilitation Unit, and the hospital then said that there has been major improvement in the condition of his lungs and kidneys. \n\nSharon suffered a massive stroke on Jan. 4 and has been unconscious ever since. The former PM suffered a stroke with what was described as "significant" bleeding in his brain a day before he was to check into Hadassah Hospital for a procedure to correct a tiny defect in his heart that was said to have contributed to a mild stroke he suffered two weeks earlier. \n \nDoctors have come under fire from critics who questioned whether Sharon should have been treated with massive doses of anticoagulants after his first stroke, which was caused by a small blood clot in a cranial artery. Doctors admitted that the anticoagulants made it more difficult for them to stop the bleeding from the later hemorrhagic stroke.  See the link below for this article....
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I went over in 64. Came home in late 65.You should start counting in 65 when the build up started. The first big numbers was when Hal Moores Air Cav. got shot up at L.Z. Xray. Then there 2nd. Battalion got shot up even worse by walking out to Albany. The brass really screwed the pooch on that. They could have been air lifted out of X Ray but the brass wanted them to march to L Z Albany. Nobody ever explaned that. There were big numbers them couple of days. Hats off to the 7th. Air Cav.
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Hmmmm, I know a bunch of high chair tyrants who are well into adulthood chronilogically, but damn, if I don't think I'm talking to a little kid.  I think they get stuck in the place where they missed out, and never fully develop.  It's sort of like scar tissue that builds up to close in the open wound.  You may be able to cover up the hole, but the mark remains.  If someone disrupts the scab, it can break open again -- hence, a person can compensate for the loss, but methinks he will be reminded of that hole in his world for a very, very long time - perhaps to the point where he goes back and looks at his life map, and figures out where he left himself/got lost.
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Actually had no idea what it would feel like...I was hit by a tracer round from an AK-47. Felt like getting hit by a baseball bat.. watched it from about 150 yards to almost impact..was in SLOOO- motion. Cauterized itself (burned itself closed) Had just 1 drop of blood at both entry and exit Went numb almost immediately.Couldn't flex elbow either.