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K-31169 USS REPOSE (AH-16)

USS REPOSE (AH-16)
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Title: USS REPOSE (AH-16)
Caption: Neurosurgeon, Lieutenant Commander William Stewart, performs a five-hour brain operation on a Marine aboard USS REPOSE (AH-16), 20 April 1966. The Marine was wounded by a mortar shell near Da Nang, underwent emergency field treatment, and then was rushed to the hospital ship offshore.
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Catalog #: K-31169
Copyright Owner: National Archives
Original Creator: Photographer, Chief Journalist Jim F. Falk
Original Date: Wed, Apr 20, 1966
After this Year: 1964
Before this Year: 1975
Original Medium: BW Photo
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