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MODERN SOUTHEAST ASIA SERIES James R. Reckner, General Editor This page intentionally left blank Military Medicine to Win Hearts and Minds This page intentionally left blank Military Medicine to Win Hearts and Minds Aid to Civilians in the Vietnam War Robert J. Wilensky Texas Tech University Press Copyright © 2004 by Robert J. Wilensky All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, including electronic storage and retrieval systems, except by explicit prior written permission of the publisher except for brief passages excerpted for review and critical purposes. This book is typeset in Trump Mediaeval. The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997). Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wilensky, Robert J. Military medicine to win hearts and minds : aid to civilians in the Vietnam War / Robert J. Wilensky. p. cm. — (Modern Southeast Asia series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-89672-532-4 (alk. paper) 1. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975—Medical care. 2. Medical care—Vietnam. I. Title. II. Series. DS559.44.W53 2004 362.1'0425—dc22 2004002606 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 / 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Texas Tech University Press Box 41037 Lubbock, Texas 79409-1037 USA 800.832.4042 www.ttup.ttu.edu To All Who Served in South Vietnam And Sought to Help the People of That Country This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Illustrations xi Preface xiii One Introduction 3 Two Previous Use of Medical Care for Foreign Civilians 17 Three The Ad Hoc or Informal Programs 26 Four Formal MEDCAP, CAP, MILPHAP, and CWCP 48 Five Medical Evaluation of the Programs 78 Six Evaluation of the Programs as a Policy Tool 101 Seven Conclusions 131 Appendix A Patients Treated in MEDCAP 145 Appendix B CORDS 146 Appendix C Expenditures 148 Notes 155 Glossary 193 Bibliographic Essay 197 Index 203

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When good deeds become policy American soldiers have provided medical aid to civilians in many wars, and no less in the Vietnam War, where there were more than forty million contacts between U.S. medical personnel and Vietnamese civilians. Robert J. Wilensky, using data derived from extensive archiv
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MODERN SOUTHEAST ASIA SERIES James R. Reckner, General Editor This page intentionally left blank Military Medicine to Win Hearts and Minds This page intentionally left blank Military Medicine to Win Hearts and Minds Aid to Civilians in the Vietnam War Robert J. Wilensky Texas Tech University Press Copyright © 2004 by Robert J. Wilensky All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, including electronic storage and retrieval systems, except by explicit prior written permission of the publisher except for brief passages excerpted for review and critical purposes. This book is typeset in Trump Mediaeval. The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997). Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wilensky, Robert J. Military medicine to win hearts and minds : aid to civilians in the Vietnam War / Robert J. Wilensky. p. cm. — (Modern Southeast Asia series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-89672-532-4 (alk. paper) 1. Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975—Medical care. 2. Medical care—Vietnam. I. Title. II. Series. DS559.44.W53 2004 362.1'0425—dc22 2004002606 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 / 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Texas Tech University Press Box 41037 Lubbock, Texas 79409-1037 USA 800.832.4042 www.ttup.ttu.edu To All Who Served in South Vietnam And Sought to Help the People of That Country This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Illustrations xi Preface xiii One Introduction 3 Two Previous Use of Medical Care for Foreign Civilians 17 Three The Ad Hoc or Informal Programs 26 Four Formal MEDCAP, CAP, MILPHAP, and CWCP 48 Five Medical Evaluation of the Programs 78 Six Evaluation of the Programs as a Policy Tool 101 Seven Conclusions 131 Appendix A Patients Treated in MEDCAP 145 Appendix B CORDS 146 Appendix C Expenditures 148 Notes 155 Glossary 193 Bibliographic Essay 197 Index 203

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When good deeds become policy American soldiers have provided medical aid to civilians in many wars, and no less in the Vietnam War, where there were more than forty million contacts between U.S. medical personnel and Vietnamese civilians. Robert J. Wilensky, using data derived from extensive archiv
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