Dr. Martin
Dr.Martin served in a medical company in World War II and was in the
Battle of The Bulge. He was part of the collecting company which sorted
out the wounded, treated them the best they could and sent them back to
the field hospitals. He has many amazing details on the roles medical doctors
and medics played in the war. Don't miss this full interview!
Doc Bronson
Doc Bronson served in the Vietnam War from 8/66 to 1/68. he was an Infantary
platoon medic for ten months after that he was with the lrrp (long range
recon patrol).Most of the injuries he treated were caused by pistols and
shrapnel. As a medic he carried an aid bag with bandages salt tabs a suirgical
kit and morphine, if he carried it where it could be seen it would make
him a prime target for the enamy. He saved alot of lives but lost alot to.
Doc Brown
Joe Brown served in the Korean War during June 1951 -October 1951. He
served in two major campaigns as a corpsmen . In his interview he talked
about many specific details on the life of a medic such as how they carried
what was referred to as our "unit one" -- it contained battle
dressings, a small instrument kit , morphine and other realated items .
He believes that Navy corpsmen were held in very high esteem.
James McFarland
James McFarland was a salior in the US Navy during World War 2. On board
his ship he developed an infection deep in the tip of his finger. The medic
on the ship had to make an incision to drain the infection. Because he was
on a ship, he did not see any Japanese being treated on board. He served
on 2 navy ships during World War 2. He first served on the USS Maryland
with over 1400 men on board. He later then served on a repair ship which
had a fully trained doctor aboard.
The worst part of the war for him was on the repair ship. Another ship
tied up to his. The ship had been infcted by amobic dysentery. It spread
to about half the crew on the ship and he was lucky not to get it. His friend
developed apendicitis while on board. Lukily, the ship was in the harbor
so they took him to a hospital ship.
Dr. Richard
McLaughlin II
Dr. Richard McLaughlin was a medic on the USS Bountiful. He was Chief
of Medicine for the Mid-West. What he did was called "triage".
Triage is when you decide who gets treated by who.
One of the places his ship went was the Phillipines. It would have been
sunk if it wasn't reassigned at the last minute. The ship was eventually
sunk in Vietnam.
Charles Hagemister
Charles Chris Hagemister was a medic. He saved many lives while warding
off a enemy attack. After heavy enemy fire, he learned that some of his
comrades were injured. With total disregard for his own safety, he went
through enemy fire to help them. Then a sniper fired on him at close range.
He took a rifle from a fallen comrade, killed the sniper, 3 othe enemy troops,
and a enemy machine gun. Unable to move the wounded to safety, he went through
enemy fire to get help from a platoon. He then saved more lives.
Sargent Scott Fales
Sergeant Scott Fales served as an Army special-forces medic in Somalia
during the Somalia Peace Keeping Mission. Sergeant Scott Fales saved 88
lives in his whole career. He risked his life for other people."I'd
fire a few rounds to push them back, then put my rifle across my lap and
then turn around and do my medical duties," Fales says. As Fales was
working on a few men he felt a bullet hit his leg. Then he quickly took
care of his own wound and then went back to help the wounded. As more people
got hurt medics had to dart from one wounded soldier to another. Fales suddenly
saw five grenades flying over head. Yelling to warn the soldiers he threw
his body over some wounded soldiers to block them from the shrapnel. | 
