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100 1 $aWhitcomb, Darrel D.,$d1947-
245 10 $aCall sign "Dustoff" :$ba history of U.S. Army aeromedical evacuation from Conception to Hurricane Katrina /$cby Darrel Whitcomb.
260 $aFrederick, MD :$bBorden Institute,$c2011.
263 $a1103
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aFulfilling a need : from Conception to combat -- An honorable heritage -- From Korea through Vietnam -- Domestic duties & contingency operations -- Quiet years, 1973-1980 -- New challenges : near and afar, 1981-1990 -- An angry decade -- Desert Shield/Desert Storm, 1990-1991 -- Force reductions, 1992-1995 -- The Balkans, 1992-ongoing -- Into the millennium : new challenges, at home and abroad -- To 9/11, 2000-2001 -- Again, into battle, 2001-2003 -- Aviation transformation and domestic operations, 2003-2005 -- Warriors of compassion -- Appendices -- List of MEDEVAC units -- Typical history of an ARNG MEDEVAC unit -- MEDEVAc losses post-Vietnam era through Operation Iraqi Freedom.
520 $a"Explores the conceptualization of the initial attempts to use aircraft for evacuation, reviews its development and maturity through conflicts, and focuses on the history of the MEDEVAC post-Vietnam through Hurricane Katrina"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aHelicopter ambulances$zUnited States$xHistory.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy$xTransport of sick and wounded$xHistory.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bMedical Service Corps$xHistory.