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Invisible scars : mental trauma and the Korean War
\"The Korean War (1950-53), was a ferocious and brutal conflict that produced over four million casualties in the span of three short years. Despite this, it remains relatively absent from most accounts of mental health and war trauma. Invisible Scars provides the first extended exploration of Commonwealth Division psychiatry during the Korean War and examines the psychiatric care systems in place for the thousands of soldiers who fought in that conflict. Fitzpatrick demonstrates that although Commonwealth forces were generally successful in returning psychologically traumatized servicemen to duty and fostering good morale, they failed to compensate or support in a meaningful way veterans returning to civilian life. Moreover, ignorance at home contributed to widespread misunderstanding of their condition, and veterans were often deprived of public space in which to grieve. This book offers an intimate look into the history of psychological trauma and assesses the impact of the Korean War on the development of military psychiatry. In addition, it engages with current disability, pensions and compensation issues that remain hotly contested and reflects on the power of commemoration in the healing process.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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MASH
When North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950,
Otto Apel was a surgical resident living in Cleveland, Ohio, with
his wife and three young children. A year later he was chief
surgeon of the 8076th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital constantly near
the front lines in Korea. Immediately upon arriving in camp, Apel
performed 80 hours of surgery. His feet swelled so badly that he
had to cut his boots off, and he saw more surgical cases in those
three and a half days than he would have in a year back in
Cleveland. There were also the lighter moments. When a Korean came
to stay at the 8076th, word of her beauty spread so rapidly that
they needed MPs just to direct traffic. Apel also recalls a North
Korean aviator, nicknamed \"Bedcheck Charlie,\" who would drop a
phony grenade from an open-cockpit biplane, a story later filmed
for the television series. He also tells of the day the tent
surrounding the women's shower was \"accidentally\" blown off by a
passing helicopter. In addition to his own story, Apel details the
operating conditions, workload, and patient care at the MASH units
while revealing the remarkable advances made in emergency medical
care. MASH units were the first hospitals designed for operations
close to the front lines, and from this particularly difficult
vantage, their medical staffs were responsible for innovations in
the use of antibiotics and blood plasma and in arterial repair. On
film and television, MASH doctors and nurses have been portrayed as
irreverent and having little patience with standard military
procedures. In this powerful memoir, Apel reveals just how
realistic these portrayals were.
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Invisible Scars
Invisible Scars explores the treatment of psychological casualties during the Korean War and the long-term repercussions for former soldiers living with trauma.
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