More than once during his yearlong duty, thirty-two-year-old Dr.
James J. Paul wondered what had possessed him to leave the security
of a neurosurgery practice in the Midwest to experience the blood,
guts, and gore of brain surgery at a forward marine hospital during
the Vietnam War. In Blood on China Beach, Paul, a neurosurgeon from
the Mayo Clinic, shares the story of how he learned his craft in a
rudimentary hospital in Vietnam, twelve thousand miles from
home.
This memoir picks up where most Vietnam battlefield memoirs
leave off-when the choppers deliver the dead and gravely wounded to
the field hospitals and the dedicated doctors and medical staff
struggle under primitive and unsterile conditions to preserve life.
In this environment, Paul was charged with carrying out emergency
neurosurgery on those soldiers sustaining head injuries. He details
both the emotional and professional factors that played a role in
his service and provides a unique perspective to the Vietnam
War.
Insightful and historically significant, Blood on China Beach
shows Paul's reverence for life and his admiration for the bravery
of the marines he operated on, even as he questioned his own
ability to make a difference. This memoir shows Paul's evolution
from child to man and from neophyte to surgeon.
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