Battlefield Surgery - Vietnam War

  Description

A moment in the operating room of a field medical aid station is captured and depicts the skill and urgency of  surgeons working on wounded troops as they arrive from the front lines of the Vietnam War.  This particular patient had sustained serious injuries during a search and destroy mission in the Xuan Loc area.  He was rescued from an area known as No Man's Land" and rushed to the aid station for treatment.  Post surgery, this patient would be transferred to a rear army hospital for ongoing care.