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Over 16,000,000 men served in the armed forces in WWII. Perhaps as
many as 3%, or 480,000, had a homosexual orientation. Admittedly,
several thousand were screened out before being inducted, and some
later received Undesirable Discharges. 120,000 of these men saw
combat action, and undoubtedly hundreds were killed, and thousands
were wounded. Jack Scott, by far the most outstanding
seventeen-year-old in a small town in Arkansas, is forced to
confront this problem both at home and in the military. This story
is his, and to a degree, the stories of his family, his friends,
and his comrades in combat. The problem is handled sympathetically,
if realistically.
This autobiography by Doctor Lloyd Duncan, a semi-retired surgeon
in Tennessee, covers the period of time from his birth in 1931 to
the present. The book is replete with accounts of the depression
era, the pre WW ll and WW ll years, and high school triumphs and
disappointments. Immature, broke, emaciated and homesick at Yale
University, he nevertheless earned his letters swimming on some of
the school's greatest teams. He graduated from Yale in 1953 and
from medical school in 1956. He vividly describes many humorous,
dramatic or tragic events that he subsequently witnessed or
experienced as a physician, Naval Flight Surgeon, practicing
surgeon, husband, father and grandfather.
This autobiography by Doctor Lloyd Duncan, a semi-retired surgeon
in Tennessee, covers the period of time from his birth in 1931 to
the present. The book is replete with accounts of the depression
era, the pre WW ll and WW ll years, and high school triumphs and
disappointments. Immature, broke, emaciated and homesick at Yale
University, he nevertheless earned his letters swimming on some of
the school's greatest teams. He graduated from Yale in 1953 and
from medical school in 1956. He vividly describes many humorous,
dramatic or tragic events that he subsequently witnessed or
experienced as a physician, Naval Flight Surgeon, practicing
surgeon, husband, father and grandfather.
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