LEADER 04477nam 2200721 450 001 9910820751303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8131-6724-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000648077 035 $a(EBL)4509244 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001655317 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16436636 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001655317 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14901089 035 $a(PQKB)10309067 035 $a(OCoLC)947083360 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse49328 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4509244 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11206132 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL916018 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4509244 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000648077 100 $a20160526h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBattlefield surgeon $elife and death on the front lines of World War II /$fPaul A. Kennedy ; edited by Christopher B. Kennedy ; foreword by Rick Atkinson ; afterword by John T. Greenwood 210 1$aLexington, Kentucky :$cUniversity Press of Kentucky,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 225 0 $aAmerican warriors 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8131-6723-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Editor's Note; Introduction; 1 Operation Torch and North Africa; 2 Southern Italy and Monte Cassino; 3 Anzio and Rome; 4 Operation Dragoon and the Pursuit up the Valley of the Rhone; 5 Germany, the End of the War, and the Journey Home; Epilogue; Afterword; Acknowledgments; Notes; Medical Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Index 330 $a"In November 1942, Paul Andrew Kennedy (1912-1993) boarded the St. Elena in New York Harbor and sailed for Casablanca as part of Operation Torch, the massive Allied invasion of North Africa. As a member of the US Army's 2nd Auxiliary Surgical Group, he spent the next thirty-four months working in North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany, in close proximity to the front lines and often under air or artillery bombardment. He was uncomfortable, struck by the sorrows of war, and homesick for his wife, for whom he kept detailed diaries to ease his unrelenting loneliness. In Battlefield Surgeon, Kennedy's son Christopher has edited his father's journals and provided historical context to produce an invaluable personal chronicle. What emerges is a vivid record of the experiences of a medical officer in the European theater of operations in World War II. Kennedy participated in some of the fiercest action of the war, including Operation Avalanche, the attack on Anzio, and Operation Dragoon. He also arrived in Rome the day after the Allied troops, and entered the Dachau concentration camp two days after it was liberated. Despite the enormous success of the popular M*A*S*H franchise, there are still surprisingly few authentic accounts of military doctors and medical practice during wartime. As a young, inexperienced surgeon, Kennedy grappled with cases much more serious and complex than he had ever faced in civilian practice. Featuring a foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning World War II historian Rick Atkinson and an afterword by U.S. Army medical historian John T. Greenwood, this remarkable firsthand account offers an essential perspective on the Second World War."--Provided by publisher. 410 0$aAmerican Warriors Series 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMedical care$zUnited States 606 $aSurgeons$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aSurgery, Military$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zAfrica, North 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zItaly 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, American 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMedical care 615 0$aSurgeons 615 0$aSurgery, Military 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 676 $a940.54/7573092 700 $aKennedy$b Paul A.$f1912-1993,$01637360 702 $aKennedy$b Christopher B. 702 $aAtkinson$b Rick 702 $aGreenwood$b John T. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820751303321 996 $aBattlefield surgeon$93979166 997 $aUNINA