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Carl H. Gunderson, MD;
Robert B. Daroff, MD
Arch Neurol. 2002;59:141-146.
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INTRODUCTION
On December 1, 1965, the troop ship USNS General Leroy
Eltinge left Long Beach, Calif, destined for Vietnam. When it docked
in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) 23 days later, the men of the US Army's 935th
medical detachment (neuropsychiatry [KO] team) disembarked. Among them was
one of us (R.B.D.), the first US Army neurologist to set foot in a combat
zone since 19451 and the first of 15 US Army
and 4 US Air Force neurologists to serve in Vietnam during the next 6 years
(Figure 1). Two received Bronze
Stars for meritorious service. Three collected data for scientific studies
later published in medical journals. All were among the US Army, Navy, and
Air Force medical officers who cared for the medical and surgical needs of
the 2.5 million US military personnel who served in Vietnam from 1965 . . . [Full Text of this Article]
SOURCES
THE FRENCH AND AMERICANS IN VIETNAM
HOW THE ARMY DEPLOYED NEUROLOGISTS TO VIETNAM
THE 935th KO TEAM
THE 98th KO TEAM
AIR FORCE NEUROLOGISTS IN VIETNAM
OTHER NEUROLOGISTS IN VIETNAM
CONCLUSIONS
From the Departments of Neurology, Uniformed Services University of
the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md (Dr Gunderson); and the University Hospitals
of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (Dr Daroff).
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