United States Air Force Nurses in South Vietnam Part 1

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OF NEWSFILM RELEASE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PUBLIC AFFAIRS) LITED AMERICA WASHINGTON, D.C. - 20301 STATES OF PLEASE NOTE DATE IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 29, 1967 OXford 75111 Number 256-67 Footage: 190' 16mm Color Master Room 2E 771 Time: 5:14 U. S. AIR FORCE NURSES IN SOUTH VIETNAM (Official U. S. Air Force Film Released by the Department of Defense) American servicemen, wounded in the Vietnam War, are taken aboard a U. S. Air Force C-141 "Starlifter" and evacuated to a military hospital in the U. S. near their hometown. While still in Vietnam, however, they will be cared for by Air Force flight nurses during the air evacuation flight from outlying surgical hospital to Tan Son Nhut Air Base near Saigon. All in-country air evacuation flight nurses in Vietnam are males. During the in-country flights aboard either Air Force C-123 "Provider" or C-130 "Hercules" aircraft, male nurses treat American wounded and Vietnamese civilians who re- quire evacuation. In-country military evacuation flights terminate at hospitals at larger military bases in Vietnam where the military patients remain for one or two days of inter- mediate care before being air-lifted back to the United States. In addition to working with military patients, the Air Force medical personnel in Vietnam donate their talents to helping the Vietnamese people. At the 12th U. S. Air Force Hospital at Cam Ranh Bay, doctors, dentists, nurses and medical corpsmen work three days a week in the local villages. There they hold a "sick call" for the Vietnamese villagers. The village of Suoi Hai, 45 minutes up the bay by LARC (Light Amphibious Re- supply Cargo) vehicle, is the destination of the medical team. At the village, the team sets up its equipment in a small building. At the same time, a nurse conducts a medical hygiene teaching session for the villagers. The medical team treats all types of diseases and injuries. Nurses and corps- men wash tropical ulcers on legs and bodies as a doctor examines and treats patients for parasites, pneumonia, tuberculosis, absesses and infections. - MORE - NOTE TO EDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY This motion film released to DOD pool member designated is for duplication and distri- bution to interested TV and newsreel pool members. It is to be forwarded within 72 hours to: Army Motion Picture Depository, Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Ave., Long Island, N.Y. 11106, telephone 937-0600. This agency will deliver a duplicating master to Deluxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth Ave., New York City, telephone Circle 73220, where it will be available to non-pool members and other authorized agencies which make satisfactory financial arrangements with Deluxe Laboratories. The original release film must not be cut in any manner.

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

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Filmed News Releases