Title Physician soldier : the South Pacific letters of Captain Fred Gabriel from the 39th Station Hospital / edited by Michael P. Gabriel

Edition First edition Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 441 pages) : illustrations, map Series Williams-Ford Texas A & M University military history series ; number 166 Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 166. Contents United 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 Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Gabriel, Frederick R., 1914-1985 -- Correspondence SUBJECT Gabriel, Frederick R., 1914-1985 -- Correspondence Subject United States. Army. Station Hospital, 39th. United States. Army. Medical Corps -- Biography SUBJECT United States. Army. Medical Corps fast Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Pacific Area World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American Physicians -- United States -- Correspondence History / Military / Veterans. History / Military / World War Ii. History / Military / United States. Medical care Military campaigns Physicians Pacific Area United States Genre/Form Electronic books Biographies Personal correspondence Personal narratives Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Gabriel, Michael P., 1962- editor. ISBN 9781623498955 1623498953

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