Dust Off: Army Aeromedical Evacuation in Vietnam

by Peter Dorland, James Nanney, U.S. Army Center of Military History

Book Overview

From the wheatfields of the Civil War to the jungles and paddies of Vietnam, the United States has led the world in adapting modern transport technology to the humanitarian goal of saving the lives of the sick and wounded. Drawing on its first experiments with helicopters in Korea, the Army in Vietnam came to rely almost entirely on the helicopter for medical evacuation. The Dust Off and Medevac helicopter ambulance unites tested and perfected for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1519259395
• ISBN13: 9781519259394
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 19 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary to Grade 5