Ruff Puff - A MAT Team Leader's Story Review

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(More customer reviews)I served with the 101st ABN in Vietnam 67-68. I had gone through SF Medical training, but had an unpleasant discussion with a LTC in training group and 14 days later I was a medic with the 101st. I went to Division HQ and was the Sr. Medic for, from the General to an 80 year old lady burned badly from Napalm. I became friends with SGT MG Dunaway. After 6 mon in country, I asked him to transfer me to a more operational unit, being special forces trained medic, I was wasting the governments money and wanted to be assigned somewhere, I left that to him.A week later I was assigned to Di An to attend a MACV school, I had no Idea doing what. I left Phu Bei and returned to Bien Hoa to sign out of the Division. The first thing they said was "the Red Cross wanted to see me. The Red Cross told me that my Dad died and I was leaving tomorrow on a freedom flight. My brother was in country at the same time, an xo of a rifle company 5/7 1st Cav. My dad was a retired Col US Air Force. We had a full military funeral which was nice. I found out my mother had become a alcoholic during the time her two boys were sent to Vietnam, I had no Idea she was that sick, she had been in rehab and this put her over the edge again. My brother had 11 months in country and was reassigned to Denver, Colorado, I was put on compassionate reassignement and stayed at a near by base and took care of her. I always woundered what I was going to do if I did go back. I now know I was going to be assigned to a MACV MAT team as the medical component for a team. This book explained what I was missing. Only difference would have been I would have served May through November in 68. I understand they were pretty busy at that time. Great read, I, going to try and read about the MAT teams from the Medics point of view.

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