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Medical Civil Aid Programme (MEDCAP) in South Vietnam. Each week a team from the 222nd Aviation Battalion Medical Detachment goes to the Catholic Mission in a nearby refugee village to attend to the refugees' needs. The majority of cases are minor ones and can be treated on the spot. More serious cases involving minor surgery are taken back to Vung Tau Airfield Dispensary for treatment. Here R58123 SBA (O) Thomas Francis (Frank) Blackman, of Sydney, NSW, and the RAN Helicopter Flight Vietnam (RANHFV), prepares to put a bandaid on the foot of a young boy. A crowd of children are watching the procedure.
Medical Civil Aid Programme (MEDCAP) in South Vietnam. Each week a team from the 222nd Aviation Battalion Medical Detachment goes to the Catholic Mission in a nearby refugee village to attend to the r
A consistent role for some members of the Australian Task Force in Vietnam is the administration of medical and dental aid to the people in villages and hamlets throughout Phuoc Tuy Province. To this
The Australian White Ensign flies beside the Australian flag and the US flag in Vietnam. The occasion is the visit to the RAN Helicopter Flight Vietnam (RANHFV) by Major General Douglas Vincent, Comma
Among the most consistent activities by troops of the Australian Task Force in Vietnam is the administration of medical and dental aid to the people in villages and hamlets throughout Phuoc Tuy Provin
"The Dispensary First Aider at THON CONG THANH." The medical aid programme was known as MEDCAP. Previous Medical Officers had supervised the building by 2Sqn of a dispensary in two villages, one a Vie
R64146 Sick Bay Attendant (SBA) John Sitkei, of RAN Helicopter Flight Vietnam (RANHFV), examines a slide under a microscope in the base sick bay. RANHFV is attached to the US Army 135th Assault Helico
