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Welcome Home From Vietnam, Finally, A Vietnam Trauma Surgeon's Memoir
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- ISBN978-1-5144-1799-7
- EAN9781514417997
- Date de parution14/05/2026
- Protection num.pas de protection
- Infos supplémentairesepub
- ÉditeurStephanie R. Lowell
Résumé
Welcome Home From Vietnam, Finally is not a polished war story-it is a reckoning. Written by Gus Kappler, who served as an Army trauma surgeon at the 85th Evacuation Hospital during the Vietnam War, this memoir drops readers into the raw, unfiltered reality of wartime medicine, where split-second decisions meant life or death and survival often came at a lasting psychological cost. The 85th routinely witnessed the devastation of war on body, mind, and soul, employing every known and out-of-the-box technique to salvage life and limb.
A wounded soldier treated there had a 95% chance of survival-but it is the 5% who did not survive that still haunt the surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists decades later. Through stark, unembellished storytelling, the book exposes not only the adrenaline, chaos, and impossible choices of combat medicine, but also the silent aftermath carried home by those who served: trauma, guilt, compartmentalization, and the delayed search for peace.
More than a wartime memoir, Welcome Home From Vietnam, Finally is an honest, gripping, and deeply disturbing account of what war leaves behind-and what it takes for veterans to finally receive the welcome home many never truly had. It is a story for readers seeking more than military history; it is for those willing to confront the human cost beneath the uniform and the lifelong journey of coming home.
A wounded soldier treated there had a 95% chance of survival-but it is the 5% who did not survive that still haunt the surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists decades later. Through stark, unembellished storytelling, the book exposes not only the adrenaline, chaos, and impossible choices of combat medicine, but also the silent aftermath carried home by those who served: trauma, guilt, compartmentalization, and the delayed search for peace.
More than a wartime memoir, Welcome Home From Vietnam, Finally is an honest, gripping, and deeply disturbing account of what war leaves behind-and what it takes for veterans to finally receive the welcome home many never truly had. It is a story for readers seeking more than military history; it is for those willing to confront the human cost beneath the uniform and the lifelong journey of coming home.
