Books and Documents

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, Executive Officer
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, Acting Chief, Information Activities Branch
Lieutenant Colonel JOSEPH ISRAELOFF, MSC, USA, Chief, Special Projects Branch

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 76-600575

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price $3.75 (Buckram)

To the Men and Women of the U.S. Army Medical Services
in India and Burma

Life is short, Art is Long:
Crisis fleeting, Experiment risky, Decision difficult.

-Hippocratean Aphorism

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

Book One

North Tirap Log: A Record of Patience (Robert W. Fromant, John L. Savage, Paul E. Lotze, and Donald C. Everingham)

I. "Morale is Very High"
II. "We Have Something to be Proud of"
III. "This Godforsaken Country"
IV. "Start Packing"

Book Two

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

Book Three

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

Book Four

With Wingate's Chindits: A Record of Heedless Valor (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

Book Five

The Marauders and the Microbes: A Record of Righteous Indignation (James E. T. Hopkins, M.D., Henry G. Stelling, M.D., and Tracy S. Voorhees)

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

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