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Combat Corpsman: The Vietnam Memoir of a Navy Seals Medic Paperback - 2005

by Greg McPartlin

All his life, Greg McPartlin wanted to be a Marine corpsman, a medic skilled at saving lives. Three months of "bagging-and-tagging" bodies during Vietnam's Tet Offensive took the luster off being a Marine-but not off McPartlin's desire to serve his country.

After assisting in the sea-recovery of Apollo 11-the first ship to bring men to the moon-the twenty-year-old McPartlin was redeployed to Vietnam as an elite Navy SEAL. Barred as a medic by the Geneva Convention from the make-or-break training considered vital to service as a Navy SEAL, McPartlin had to show he had what it took.

In a war where soldiers partied with their buddies in Saigon one day and crawled through an enemy-infested jungle hell the next, McPartlin proved that he was not only an outstanding medic but a real Navy SEAL-the toughest of the tough.

Combat Corpsman is McPartlin's account of his year in what had been a Viet Cong stronghold until the SEALs took control. It's the first inside story of a Navy SEAL medic, a man who wanted to heal-not to kill-but did both to save lives.

Summary

All his life, Greg McPartlin wanted to be a Marine corpsman, a medic skilled at saving lives. Three months of "bagging-and-tagging" bodies during Vietnam's Tet Offensive took the luster off being a Marine-but not off McPartlin's desire to serve his country.

After assisting in the sea-recovery of Apollo 11-the first ship to bring men to the moon-the twenty-year-old McPartlin was redeployed to Vietnam as an elite Navy SEAL. Barred as a medic by the Geneva Convention from the make-or-break training considered vital to service as a Navy SEAL, McPartlin had to show he had what it took.

In a war where soldiers partied with their buddies in Saigon one day and crawled through an enemy-infested jungle hell the next, McPartlin proved that he was not only an outstanding medic but a real Navy SEAL-the toughest of the tough.
 
Combat Corpsman is McPartlin's account of his year in what had been a Viet Cong stronghold until the SEALs took control. It's the first inside story of a Navy SEAL medic, a man who wanted to heal-not to kill-but did both to save lives.

From the publisher

Greg McPartlin is a former Navy SEALs medic who served a year in Vietnam just as the war was escalating. He is the owner of McP's, a SEAL hangout bar in Coronado, California.

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  • Title Combat Corpsman: The Vietnam Memoir of a Navy Seals Medic
  • Author Greg McPartlin
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition: F
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Dutton Caliber, New York
  • Date 2005-11-01
  • Features Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780425205822 / 0425205827
  • Weight 0.78 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.98 x 6.1 x 0.91 in (22.81 x 15.49 x 2.31 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
  • Library of Congress subjects Vietnam War, 1961-1975, United States - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005052511
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Greg McPartlin is a former Navy SEALs medic who served a year in Vietnam just as the war was escalating. He is the owner of McP's, a SEAL hangout bar in Coronado, California.

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