The personal stories of ten decorated Army medics and Navy corpsmen describes their harrowing wartime experiences in Vietnam, from their encounters with the bru

All his life Greg McPartlin wanted to be a Marine corpsman, a medic skilled at saving lives. Three months of bagging-and-tagging bodies during Vietnam's Tet Off

For many surviving military veterans, the Vietnam War is an indelible part of their lives. That they survived is due in many cases to the heroic, life-saving ac

The book describes the work of combat medics during the Vietnam War.

"Intense and absorbing... If you buy only one book on the Vietnam War, this is the one you want." -Chicago Tribune Christian G. Appy's monumental oral history o