THE GULF WAR: The Battle Front : Words: From the Doctors
“It was a heart-rending day. It was a day they all grew up a little bit, a day they got a renewed sense of dedication. . . .
“You hate to lose a patient any time, but you hate to lose one of these guys. They’re the heroes. They’re fighting for me.”
--Maj. Jim Noel, 37, a Florida pediatrician now heading a mobile medical unit, after treating a patient who later died.
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