Phan Rang Chronicles: A British Surgeon’s Vietnam War Diary, 1966–1968

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In response to American appeals for physicians to help in Vietnam in 1966, Dr. Hamilton volunteered and was accepted. He kept a record of his experiences. His daily chronicle covers the main period of the warÕs escalation of military force on all sides – American, NLF, and NVA Ð allowing readers to experience a vivid sense of the tragic momentum with which the war drove itself toward the Tet Offensive of late January and February 1968.

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