Medic in the Green Time
A collection of photo illustrated war and post war vignettes, short stories, war nightmares, war poetry and travel writing by a Vietnam combat medic. Site includes war related videos and documents. There is some harsh language.
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Post War

Rubber trees raw latex collecting in bowls.

Trophies

Mike and Medic, Monroe, Michigan, 1997

The Dark Angry Secrets of Mike and Doc

Horses at Parangtritis, Java

Song Be To Break Down To Settling Down

Second squad on LZ Ramada: Ken (KIA), Gamble, Bill, Hank, Buddha, Dorio. Phuc Vinh, Vietnam 1970

Paradise

Aerial view, Kibbutz Gaash, Israel.

Klinik Am Zurichberg

The Bayeux Tapestry,circa 1070 CE. An embroidered cloth—not an actual tapestry—nearly 70 metres long,depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England.

Conflict Resolution

Left to right: Medic, Mr. Mau, Andy (Marines), Bao Ninh, Allen Farrell (5th Special Forces '70). Rear: Larry Heinemann. Boston, 1998

Strange Meeting

Todos Santos, Guatemala 1992

After Reaching the House of Juan Pablo Lorenz

Edith Shain, age 92, passed away at her home in Los Angeles on Sunday in June 2010. 65 years ago, her embrace with a US sailor celebrating the end of World War Two became one of the most famous photos in history.  Obit: http://tinyurl.com/2udtkuo

How I Nearly Won the War

OSS Deer Team members pose with Viet Minh leaders Ho Chi Minh and Vo Nguyen Giap during training at Tan Trao in August 1945. Deer Team members standing, left to right: Rene Defourneaux, (Ho), Allison Thomas, (Giap, wearing fedora, white suite and tie), translator Henry Prunier and medic Paul Hoagland,far right. Kneeling, left to right: Lawrence Vogt and Aaron Squires.

Inconvenient Allies

speak-out

The Real Deal – Speak Out

hecklers

The Real Deal – Hecklers

someone

The Real Deal – Someone

marilyns-class

The Real Deal – Marilyn’s Class

kosovo

The Real Deal – Kosovo

Marc Levy

I was an infantry medic with Delta 1/7 First Cav in Vietnam and Cambodia in 1970.

Bio

Links

  • Bill Moyers/Carl Marlantes: PTSD
  • Combat Photographer Nick Ut and The Napalmed Girl
  • Dark Angry Secrets Song
  • George Esper
  • Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
  • Maya Lin: The Making of the Wall
  • Nick Turse:The Real Vietnam War
  • Open Arms: The Chieu Hoi leaflet campaign
  • Operation Tailwind
  • Phan Thi Kim Phuc: The girl who was napalmed.
  • Philip Jones Griffiths on Agent Orange
  • Photos: A Look Back at the Vietnam War
  • The Virtual Wall
  • The Winter Soldier Investigation: Film Trailer