Veteran of a Foreign War: From Fixhole to PhysicianSt. John's Press, 2004 - 240 sider The story of a Vietnam Combat Veteran, an Infantry Platoon Leader, survived the war and then fought his way through medical school. |
Indhold
Hofstra and ROTC1 | 12 |
Learning the Real World | 27 |
Infantry Training | 58 |
Fort Carson Colorado | 71 |
The Jungles of Panama | 94 |
Cambodia | 118 |
The Vietnam War As I Lived It | 138 |
Beginning My New Life | 164 |
Hospital Training | 192 |
Medicine in the Bronx | 210 |
Almindelige termer og sætninger
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