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NH 73240 Navy surgeons

Navy surgeons
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Title: Navy surgeons
Caption: Operating on a U.S. soldier wounded by shrapnel in action against the Viet Cong less than 45 minutes before this picture was taken in the operating theatre of the U.S. Navy Headquarters Support Activity, Saigon Hospital. Combat wounded are flown by helicopter to a soccer field in Saigon then transferred to a waiting navy ambulance.
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Catalog #: NH 73240
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Original Creator: Photographer: Thomas A. Johnston, Jo 1, USN
Original Date: Sat, Jan 15, 1966
After this Year: 1960
Before this Year: 1969
Original Medium: BW Photo
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