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Subject = OPNS DESERT SHIELD STORM DIARY   807TH MASH                     

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = VII CORPS   

Folder Title = SUBORDINATE COMMAND HISTORICAL REPORTS-2D COSCOM-332D MED-341ST MED-912TH MED                   

Document Number =          3

Box ID = BX000308







       contrary, people just can not seem to leave them alone. They seem
       to be drawn to them, almost mystically. The devastation they
       cause on explosion is unbelievable, Shrapnel is driven
       everywhere, limbs are severed by the force of detonation, massive
       abdominal bleeding and pulmonary overpressure wounds occur. Even
       innocent bystanders far from the point of the blast end up with
       shrapnel injuries. All these patients need surgery, whether to
       halt internal bleeding and complete partial amputations in the
       severe cases, or just to clean and debride the wounds in the case
       of those less severely injured. The number of patients exceeds
       our modest abilities, so we improvise and move some of the less
       seriously ill and injured into the medical supply tent. 50
       patients are treated today, and more continue to arrive, along
       with their families. Three children are admitted with flash
       burns, and again our need for a pediatric specialist is
       highlighted. Civilian casualties from unexploded ordnance and
       ammunition continue to arrive daily.


       22 March 1991


            BG Strong visits today. We receive our first newborn baby as
       well, born to a young mother just twenty minutes before her
       arrival at our hospital. We improvise a hasty postpartum ward,
       and again lament the lack of a pediatrician here. This somewhat
       healthy newborn is followed by our first infant with Kwashiorkor,

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