These photos are of the NSA
Hospital near DaNang. They were taken by Jim Chaffe a medic with
NSA. It was a Navy hospital. The Marines had a medical battalion
called First Medical Battalion west of Da Nang near Liberty bridge
. When the Marine Brigade landed in "1965" they had
"Charlie Med" which was at the location of NSA hospital.
"Charlie Med was moved north to Quang Tri and Khe Sanh. NSA
hospital was the best emergency hospital in the world for its
day.
"Corpsman Up!!!" "Corpsman Up!!!" those words
were spoken by most Marines that served with grunt companies in
Vietnam. To those words every Corpsman responded. Those words
came during a fire fight and usually when the tide of the battle
was not in our favor. How many of you remember the Corpsman that
met you when you got off that medevac helicopter? How about the
Doctors and medical technicians that put us back together. Guys
like Jim Chaffe and the other Corpsmen and Nurses that served
us in VietNam. Most of us who were treated by them never have
had a chance to thank them for what they did. I hope this page
will refresh those memories. I speak for all of us Vets and extend
our sincere appreciation to all the Corpsman, Nurses, Doctors
and medical technicians for the sacrifices they made on our behalf
while we served together in the great struggle called VietNam.
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