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A Surgeon Remembers: Korea 1950-1951 and the Marines

by Robert C. Shoemaker, M.D.

152 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); illustrated; catalogue #05-1073; ISBN 1-4120-6172-5; US$18.00, C$22.50, EUR14.62, £10.14

The activity of military units from the viewpoint of a "non-combatant" physician.

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About the Book

This is a memoir of how a non-Marine doctor, new to the Marines, relates his occurrences and the relationships with the Marines at the Chosin Reservoir and other battles. Personalities of the Marines are noted: their abilities to overcome huge odds against them are described. But, after all, Marines are simply young men trained to deal with stress  and conduct a war.

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About the Author

Robert C. Shoemaker was born in New Jersey, and he subsequently moved to Worcester, MA. He attended Worcester Academy and was accepted in the Navy V-12 program in 1943. He was assigned to Williams College, Williamstown, MA and received a BA Degree in 1946. Subsequent schooling involved Boston University School of Medicine with an MD Degree in 1949. Internship followed at Saint Lukes Hospital, Cleveland, OH.

After leaving Naval service (1950-1952)  he served a three year residency in orthopaedis surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Practice was begun at the Hitchcock Clinic, Hanover, NH, and subsequently in Rochester, NY, and Claremont, NH.

Offices were held with the Board of Councillors and Board of Directors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

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