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Loading... MASH Angels: Tales of an Air-Evac Helicopter Pilot in the Korean Warby Richard C. Kirkland
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This book contains information on some of the actual people that were the based for some of the MASH movie and television series characters. It begins with the introduction of helicopters in the military and how this vehicle changed the way, doctors treated wounded soldiers during the Korean War. The author is a veteran who flew missions pick up down pilots from the sea and extract wounded soldiers from the battlefield. The book in includes photograph and sketches that support understanding of the people and places. ( ) no reviews | add a review
An inspiring first-hand account by military aviation pioneer Richard Kirkland recounts how he and a handful of daring helicopter pilots revolutionized battlefield medical evacuation and blazed the trail for modern air-evac flying. Prior to the Korean War, the helicopter was all but unknown, and rescue was uncertain at best for downed pilots and wounded soldiers stranded behind enemy lines. In MASH ANGELS Richard Kirkland recounts his experiences on the front lines of rescue flying and military medicine. Kirkland, a fighter pilot in the Pacific theatre in World War II, came to helicopter flying after the war almost by accident. Many military higher-ups had little use for this new, worthless contraption. But its life-saving performances in the Korean War quickly changed minds. The helicopter was the perfect partner for another revolution in military medical care the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, or MASH, and the book also documents the real-life experiences of the MASH characters so familiar from the hit TV series: the nurses, surgeons (including the real Hawkeye ), and helicopter pilots who forged a new era in military medical care. Helicopters of the Third Air Rescue Group were given credit for picking up 846 pilots and aircrew from behind enemy lines during the Korean War, writes Richard Kirkland. Add to that 8,373 soldiers and airmen we snatched from the battlefields and air-taxied to the front-line MASH. Quite a feat for a handful of taxi drivers. " No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)951.9042History and Geography Asia China and region Korean PeninsulaLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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