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A Different Face of War: Memories of a Medical Service Corps Officer in Vietnam (North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series)
James G Van Straten
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Description for A Different Face of War: Memories of a Medical Service Corps Officer in Vietnam (North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series)
Hardcover. Series: North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BM; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 825.
A Different Face of War is a riveting account of one American officer in the Medical Service Corps during the early years of the Vietnam War.
Assigned as the senior medical advisor to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in I Corps, an area close to the DMZ, James G. Van Straten traveled extensively and interacted with military officers and non-commissioned officers, peasant-class farmers, Buddhist bonzes, shopkeepers, scribes, physicians, nurses, the mentally ill, and even political operatives. He sent his wife daily letters from July 1966 through June 1967, describing in impressive detail his experiences, and those letters ... Read more
A Different Face of War is a riveting account of one American officer in the Medical Service Corps during the early years of the Vietnam War.
Assigned as the senior medical advisor to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in I Corps, an area close to the DMZ, James G. Van Straten traveled extensively and interacted with military officers and non-commissioned officers, peasant-class farmers, Buddhist bonzes, shopkeepers, scribes, physicians, nurses, the mentally ill, and even political operatives. He sent his wife daily letters from July 1966 through June 1967, describing in impressive detail his experiences, and those letters ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of North Texas Press
Condition
New
Series
North Texas Military Biography and Memoir Series
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
Denton, United States
ISBN
9781574416176
SKU
V9781574416176
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About James G Van Straten
After his thirty-year military career ended in 1986, James G. Van Straten moved into academia. In 1990 he was appointed dean of the School of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA. He and his spouse now reside in Windcrest, Texas.
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