The book in includes photograph and sketches that support understanding of t This book contains information on some of the actual people that were the based for some of the MASH movie and television series characters. The author is a veteran who flew missions pick up down pilots from the sea and extract wounded soldiers from the battlefield. It begins with the introduction of helicopters in the military and how this vehicle changed the way, doctors treated wounded soldiers during the Korean War. This book contains information on some of the actual people that were the based for some of the MASH movie and television series characters. Kirkland wrote the book - MASH units and helicopters need their histories told.more We calculated his airtime once - he spent between two and three years completely airborne! I'm grateful Mr. What I did like was seeing how much he loved flying - it was effortless for him. I was in a plane and a helicopter practically from birth on - and I have to say, I wasn't too crazy about helicopter rides. When I found the book in a box, and read the inscription to him, he was proud that I had found it and wanted to read it. He's from an era where you don't talk much about your war experiences.
I think of us together, watching MASH on tv - he never said, that was my unit, but he did talk about Hawkeye being very funny. My Dad only told us one or two stories from Korea. He was 90 when I found the book - which I love but it does need some editing I agree. I never saw or heard about this book until my parents moved into an assisted living home. When I foun I read this because my Dad is in this book - Lt. I read this because my Dad is in this book - Lt. Quite a feat for a handful of taxi drivers. Add to that 8,373 soldiers and airmen we snatched from the battlefields and air-taxied to the front-line MASH. Helicopters of the Third Air Rescue Group were given credit for picking up 846 pilots and aircrew from behind enemy lines during the Korean War, writes Richard Kirkland. The helicopter was the perfect partner for another revolution in military medical care the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, or MASH, and the book also documents the real-life experiences of the MASH characters so familiar from the hit TV series: the nurses, surgeons (including the real Hawkeye ), and helicopter pilots who forged a new era in military medical care. But its life-saving performances in the Korean War quickly changed minds. Many military higher-ups had little use for this new, worthless contraption. Kirkland, a fighter pilot in the Pacific theatre in World War II, came to helicopter flying after the war almost by accident.
In MASH ANGELS Richard Kirkland recounts his experiences on the front lines of rescue flying and military medicine. Prior to the Korean War, the helicopter was all but unknown, and rescue was uncertain at best for downed pilots and wounded soldiers stranded behind enemy lines. Prior to the Korean War, the helicopter was all but unknown, and rescue was uncertain at best for downed pilots and wounded soldiers stranded be An inspiring first-hand account by military aviation pioneer Richard Kirkland recounts how he and a handful of daring helicopter pilots revolutionized battlefield medical evacuation and blazed the trail for modern air-evac flying. An inspiring first-hand account by military aviation pioneer Richard Kirkland recounts how he and a handful of daring helicopter pilots revolutionized battlefield medical evacuation and blazed the trail for modern air-evac flying.