Download or read book Saigon Farewell written by Jerome Dunlap and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SAIGON, South Vietnam, Nov. 16-In the largest South Vietnamese military hospital, which is considered the best, there are 1,800 beds for nearly 4,000 patients, so some men must sleep on verandas and others on the floor. The continuing casualties among South Vietnamese troops are the reason for the overcrowding at Cong Hoa Hospital, which is in a Saigon suburb. This landmark book describes, in part, the hasty departure of American troops from Vietnam but is timely now as America again is challenged with multiple global conflicts. It is a gripping real-time account of the anger, resistance, and resilience forged in one man by the horrors of Vietnam witnessed up close, in graphically human terms, touching on mistakes that were made then and which our country continues to make today. All Americans should read this important piece of history, bound to leave them with chills. The author served in Vietnam as an Operating Room Specialist for the United States Army and left on the last day of American withdrawal. He is now a nationally renowned practicing attorney in Austin, Texas. He is a former President of the American Bar Foundation and State Bar of Texas and served on the Board of Governors of the American Bar Association.