Doc: Heroic Stories of Medics, Corpsmen, And Surgeons in Combat - Hardcover

Littleton, Mark R.; Wright, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0760321191 ISBN 13: 9780760321195

Publisher: Zenith Pr, 2005

Synopsis

The most decorated solder in World War I was not Sergeant Alvin York, as many believe, but a stretcher bearer named Charles Denver Barger. And Barger is just one of the legion of military medical personnel whose lifesaving feats are remembered in this inspiring volume. A tribute to those who tend the sick and wounded under the toughest conditions, Doc is made up of the sometimes humorous, often harrowing, and always heartfelt memoirs of quick-thinking medics and heroic nurses, of surgeons and physicians equipped with only the tools of mercy, performing acts of great courage.

About this title

From the Publisher:

"He was stoic; he was solemn. His verbal comments were minimal, but his relentless actions represented the maximum. On that battlefield, marines close to death respected him and relied upon him as the lone person who could save them from that death. . . . I know of no last words. I sense, however, that he knew he’d done his duty, because he died rather peacefully considering the devastation that characterized his final minutes." - —"Profile in Courage: Don ‘Doc’ Rion," December 1966

About the Author:

Mark Littleton has written for numerous publications, including Reader’s Digest, the Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Evening Sun, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He is the author of over 70 books, with more than a million in print. He lives in Gladstone, Missouri.

About this edition

• Publisher: Zenith Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0760321191
• ISBN 13: 9780760321195
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 292