A Different Face of War: Memories of a Medical Service Corps Officer in Vietnam

by James G. Van Straten

Book Overview

Selected by Major General Pat Sargent, Chief of the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps, for the Corps Chief's Reading List, May 2016. 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574416170
• ISBN13: 9781574416176
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: University of North Texas Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"