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FOREWORD |
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PREFACE |
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INTRODUCTION |
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THE MEDICAL
COMMAND STRUCTURE |
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Medical Service During the
Advisory Years
Command and Staff Relationships During
the Years of Military Commitment: 1963-67
Nondivisional Command and Staff Relationships:
1967-71 |
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HEALTH
OF THE COMMAND |
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Rates and Trends
Major Problems |
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CARE
OF THE WOUNDED |
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Excellence of Medical Care
Nature of Wounds
Specific Advances |
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HOSPITALIZATION
AND EVACUATION |
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Hospitalization
Evacuation
Reduction and Reorganization
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MEDICAL
SUPPLY |
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Realignment of Medical Supply
Activities
The Depot System
Medical Equipment Maintenance Support |
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DIVISION
AND BRIGADE MEDICAL SUPPORT |
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Usages of Divisional Medical
Assets
Medical Support of Separate Infantry Brigades
Trial Reorganization |
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AVIATION
MEDICINE |
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Flyer Fatigue
Care of the Flyer Program |
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PREVENTIVE
MEDICINE |
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Communicable Diseases
Environmental Sanitation
Professional Conferences |
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THE MILITARY
BLOOD PROGRAM |
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Evolution of the System
Initial Sources of Whole Blood
Agencies for Expansion of Blood Supply
Relocation of the Central Blood Bank
Group and Type-Specific Blood
Transfusion Reactions
Fresh Frozen Plasma
Wastage of Blood
Technical Research and Innovations
Significant Problems
The Donor System |
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MEDICAL
RESEARCH |
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Initial Efforts in Southeast
Asia
Studies of the Medical Research Team
Special Projects
Surgical Research |
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LABORATORY
SUPPORT |
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Evolution of the System
The 9th Medical Laboratory
Innovations
Problems Surmounted
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CORPS
SERVICES |
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Nursing Service
Dental Service
Veterinary Service
Army Medical Specialist Corps Services |
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MEDICAL
ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAMESE CIVILIANS |
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Provincial Health Assistance,
Program
Military Provincial Health Assistance Program
Medical Civic Action Program
Civilian War Casualty Program |
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SUMMARY
AND CONCLUSIONS |
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Medical Command and Control System
Health of the Command
Combat Casualties
Hospitalization
Helicopter Evacuation
Medical Supply
Outpatients
Battalion Surgeons
Impact of Policies
Lack of Responsiveness of the Army Authorization
Document System
Research
Vietnamese Civilian Care
Civilian Implications
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GLOSSARY
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Tables
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Hospital
Admissions for All Causes, US Army, in
Three Wars: World War II, Korea, and Vietnam,
by Year |
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Approximate Number of Man-Days Lost From.
Duty, by Cause, Among US Army Personnel
in Vietnam, 1967-70 |
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Selected Causes of Admissions to Hospital
and Quarters Among Active-Duty US Army
Personnel in Vietnam,1965-70 |
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Incidence
Rate of Diarrheal Disease Among US Army
Personnel in World War II and in Vietnam,
by Year |
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Incidence Rate of Psychiatric Conditions,
Army-Wide, 1965-70 |
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Percent
of Deaths and Wounds According to Agent,
US Army, in Three Wars: World War II, Korea,
and Vietnam |
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Location
of Wounds in Hospitalized Casualties, by
Percent, US Army, in Three Wars, World
War II, Korea, and Vietnam |
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Total Number of Patients Evacuated From
Vietnam, US Army, by Month, 1965-69 |
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Number
of Units of Blood Collected and Shipped,
by Year, to the Central Blood Bank in Vietnam
by the 406th Medical Laboratory, US Army,
Japan |
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Inspection
of Food by the US Army Veterinary Service
in Vietnam, by Year, 1965-70
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Charts
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Medical
Command and Staff Structure, US Army, Vietnam,
24 February 1962-1 April 1965 |
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Medical
Command and Staff Structure, US Army, Vietnam,
1 November 1965-17 February 1966 |
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Medical
Command and Staff Structure, US Army, Vietnam,
1 May 1966-10 August 1967 |
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Medical
Command and Staff Structure, US Army, Vietnam,
10 August 1967-1 March 1970 |
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Medical
Command and Staff Structure, US Army, Vietnam,
1 March 1970 |
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Admissions,
by Year, to Hospital and Quarters for Malaria
in Three Wars: World War II, Korea, and
Vietnam |
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Admissions
to Hospital and Quarters for Malaria Among
US Army Personnel in Vietnam, 1965-69 |
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Admissions,
by Year, to Hospital and Quarters for Hepatitis
in Three Wars: World War II, Korea, and
Vietnam |
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Admissions
to Hospital and Quarters for Hepatitis
Among US Army Personnel in Vietnam, 1965-69 |
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Admissions
to Hospital and Quarters for Diarrheal
Disease Among US Army Personnel in Vietnam,
1965-69 |
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Admissions
to Hospital and Quarters for Neuropsychiatric
Conditions Among US Army Personnel in Vietnam,
1965-69 |
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Units
of Blood Available in South Vietnam, by
Month, January 1965-December 1970 |
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Military
Blood Program, Agency Operational Scheme
for Triservice Collecting-Processing of
Whole Blood |
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A Field
Medical Laboratory System in Vietnam
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Maps
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Nondivisional
Medical Units, 31 December 1962 |
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US Army
Hospitals in Vietnam, 31 December 1968
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Air Ambulance
Units in Vietnam, 31 December 1968 |
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US Army
Hospitals in Vietnam, 1970 |
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Whole
Blood Supply and Distribution System, July
1969 |
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Last updated 9 August
2002
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