Good Book About Military/Combat Medicine

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MidCakePa

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Would appreciate input from my SAF friends (and particularly @Devil Doc and those like him). DS is exploring a career in military/combat medicine. He's initially thinking Navy (could be DD's influence) but he's open to the other branches also.

With his birthday approaching, would like to give him a good book on this topic. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks, all!
 
Here’s three and I have a couple other ones in mind. The first was written by a former Navy Medicine historian. My office at BUMED was down the hall from his. He’s a very interesting fellow. Also, I will send a link to another by private message.

Amazon.com: Navy Medicine in Vietnam: Oral Histories from Dien Bien Phu to the Fall of Saigon eBook : Herman, Jan K.: Kindle Store

Amazon.com: Navy Medicine in Vietnam: Oral Histories from Dien Bien Phu to the Fall of Saigon eBook : Herman, Jan K.: Kindle Store
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Military Medicine: From Ancient Times to the 21st Century: 9781851096930: Medicine & Health Science Books @ Amazon.com

Military Medicine: From Ancient Times to the 21st Century: 9781851096930: Medicine & Health Science Books @ Amazon.com
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Amazon.com: Baghdad ER: Fifteen Minutes eBook : Baker, Todd: Kindle Store

Amazon.com: Baghdad ER: Fifteen Minutes eBook : Baker, Todd: Kindle Store
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Here’s another. Navy Corpsmen are the best trained and most decorated of the world’s combat medical personnel but that is with limited resources. Air Force PJs have the training, gear, and air assets that also makes them book worthy. This one is written by a legend.

Guardian Angel: Life and Death Adventures with Pararescue, the World’s Most Powerful Commando Rescue Force: Sine Senior Master Sergeant USAF (Ret.), William: 9781612002514: Amazon.com: Books

Guardian Angel: Life and Death Adventures with Pararescue, the World’s Most Powerful Commando Rescue Force [Sine Senior Master Sergeant USAF (Ret.), William] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Guardian Angel: Life and Death Adventures with Pararescue, the World’s Most Powerful...
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Recommendations from two young AD Army Physicians -

The House of God - a novel by Samuel Shem (a pseudonym used by psychiatrist Stephen Bergman) published in 1978. A classic that is both funny and depressing. May not be military related but a great read for any physician in training.

Bloody Snow: A Doctor's Memoir of the Korean War - by Robert Travis Jensen

She Went to War: The Rhonda Cornum Story - by Rhonda Cornum

On Call in Hell: A Doctor's Iraq War Story - by CDR. Richard Jadick with Thomas Hayden - This one is by a Navy Physician
 
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