12, 20 & 5: A Doctor's Year in Vietnam

By: John A. Parrish

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Synopsis: The wry and heart-wrenching memoir of a young doctor&’s year behind the frontlines in Vietnam. Assigned to the marine camp at Phu Bai, Dr. John A. Parrish confronted all manner of medical trauma, quickly shedding the naïveté of a new medical intern. With this memoir, he crafts a haunting, humane portrait of one man&’s agonizing confrontation with war. With a wife and two children awaiting his return home, the young physician lives through the most turbulent and formative year of his life—and finds himself molded into a true doctor by the raw tragedy of the battlefield. His endless work is punctuated only by the arrival of the next helicopter bearing more casualties, and the stark announcements: &“12 litter-borne wounded, 20 ambulatory wounded, and 5 dead.&”12, 20 & 5 is an intimate and unique look at the effects of war that Library Journal calls &“an autobiographical M*A*S*H* . . . phenomenal.&”

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 289 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781480437883
Publisher:: Open Road Media
Date of Addition:: 10/15/23
Copyrighted By:: John A. Parrish
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Military, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Medicine
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.