CRISIS FLEETING
Original Reports on Military Medicine in India and Burma
in the Second World War
Compiled and edited by
JAMES H. STONE
OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
WASHINGTON, D.C., 1969
The Historical Unit, United States Army Medical Department
Colonel ROBERT S. ANDERSON,MC, USA, Director
CHARLES J. SIMPSON, ExecutiveOfficer
HAZEL G. HINE, Chief,Administrative Branch
ERNEST ELLIOTT, Jr., Chief,Editorial Branch
RODERICK M. ENGERT, Chief,General Reference and Research Branch
ROSE C. ENGELMAN, Ph. D., Chief,Historians Branch
GERALDINE B. SITES, ActingChief, Information Activities Branch
Lieutenant Colonel JOSEPH ISRAELOFF,MSC, USA, Chief, Special Projects Branch
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 76-600575
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To the Men and Women of the U.S. Army MedicalServices
in India and Burma
Life is short, Art is Long:
Crisis fleeting, Experiment risky, Decision difficult.
-Hippocratean Aphorism
I. "Morale is Very High"
II. "We Have Something to be Proudof"
III. "This Godforsaken Country"
IV. "Start Packing"
Chinese Liaison Detail: A Record of Tolerance(Walter S. Jones, M.D.)
I. "Across the Far Hills"
II. "My New Happy Home"
III. On the Ledo Road
IV. Along the Tincha Trace
V. The Refugee Trail
The Diary of Colonel John M. Tamraz,MC: A Record of Trial and Error
I. 9 February-30 April 1943
II. 25 May-17 November 1943
III. 19 November 1943-27 May 1944
Photographs
With Wingate`s Chindits: A Record of HeedlessValor (Major General W. J. Officer)
I. History and Operations
II. Personnel, Intercommunications,and Evacuation
III. Supply, Equipment, and Rations
IV. The Medical Disaster
V. Conclusions
I. The 5307th
II. September 1943-March 1944
III. From Walawbum to Nphum Ga
IV. March-May 1944
V. The Twilight of the Gods
VI. After May 1944
VII. Epitaphs
