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MASH: An Army Surgeon in Korea

By: Otto F. Apel JR. M.D., Pat Apel
Narrated by: Dr. Bill Brooks
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When North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, Otto Apel was a surgical resident living in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife and three young children. A year later he was chief surgeon of the 8076th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, constantly near the front lines in Korea. Immediately upon arriving in camp, Apel performed 80 hours of surgery. His feet swelled so badly, he had to cut his boots off, and he saw more surgical cases in those three and a half days than he would have in a year back in Cleveland. In addition to his own story, Apel details the operating conditions, workload, and patient care at the MASH units while revealing the remarkable advances made in emergency medical care. MASH units were the first hospitals designed for operations close to the front lines, and from this particularly difficult vantage their medical staffs were responsible for innovations in the use of antibiotics and blood plasma and in arterial repair. On film and television, MASH doctors and nurses have been portrayed as irreverent and having little patience with standard military procedures. In this powerful memoir, Apel reveals just how realistic these portrayals were.

The book is published by The University Press of Kentucky.

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Critic reviews

"The authors have skillfully blended the surgeon's personal experiences into the bigger picture of military medicine, providing the reader with an informative and interesting account of the MASH and its impact during the Korean War." ( Military)
"A superb book... Reading this fine nonfiction account of an army surgeon in the Korean War will make you wish you had been there treating casualties. It did me!" ( Journal of the American Medical Association)
"An excellent account of the history of MASH units and how they operated in Korea." ( Navy Medicine)
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The 8076 which Dr. Apel served inspired The M*A*S*H movie, and TV show. Dr. Apel also mention that the show is very accurate as the writers of the TV series interviewed several veterans of Mash units. But this book take a look at the real story of what it was like to serve in The Korean War. I would highly recomend this book to get a good look of the true story of this fascinating account of The Korean War

Any M*A*S*H fan should read this book

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