LEADER 03422nam 2200541 450 001 9910822406303321 005 20210224060237.0 010 $a1-62349-895-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000011470249 035 $a(OCoLC)1197947609 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse92353 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6356991 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011470249 100 $a20210224d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aPhysician soldier $ethe South Pacific letters of Captain Fred Gabriel from the 39th Station Hospital /$fedited by Michael P. Gabriel 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aCollege Station :$cTexas A&M University Press,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aWilliams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ;$vNumber 166 311 $a1-62349-894-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [419]-433) and index. 327 $aUnited States Introduction: Letters: March 5, 1942-January 8,1944 -- Guadalcanal Introduction: Letters: January 19-September 4, 1944 -- Angaur Introduction: Letters: September 1944-June 5, 1945 -- Saipan Introduction: Letters: June 14-December 27,1945 -- Afterward -- Appendix -- Notes. 330 $a"Frederick R. Gabriel graduated from medical school in 1942, entered the US Army, and was assigned to the newly created 39th Station Hospital. His letters from the Pacific theater -- especially from Guadalcanal, Angaur, and Saipan -- capture the everyday life of a soldier physician. His son, Michael P. Gabriel, a professional historian, has faithfully preserved, edited, and annotated that correspondence to add a new dimension to our understanding of the social history of World War II. Like most wartime hospitals, the 39th Station Hospital was positioned in a rear area and saw limited direct combat. And like most wartime hospitals, the 39th Station Hospital spent each day confronting the injuries and casualties of frontline combat. Gabriel supervised a ward and oversaw the unit's laboratory, serving a hospital that had provided care to four hundred patients at a time. Gabriel's letters home captured this experience and more, providing a revealing look into day-to-day life in the Pacific theater. He discusses the training of medical officers and female nurses, recreational activities such as Bob Hope's USO show, and even his thoughts on the death of FDR, the end of the war in Europe, and ultimately the horrors of the atomic bomb"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aWilliams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ;$vNumber 166. 606 $aPhysicians$zUnited States$vCorrespondence 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, American 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zPacific Area 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMedical care$zPacific Area 615 0$aPhysicians 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMedical care 676 $a940.547573092 700 $aGabriel$b Frederick R.$f1914-1985,$01644297 702 $aGabriel$b Michael P.$f1962- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822406303321 996 $aPhysician soldier$93990087 997 $aUNINA