Friday, March 11

8 AM-5 PM: Registration Desk opens at Holiday Inn San Antonio Airport Location: Symposium Registration Area, Hill Country Ballroom

8:00 AM: WELCOMING REMARKS

Stephen Maxner, Ph.D., Director, Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University

Robert Driscoll, Chief of the Army Medical Department Center of History and Heritage, US Army Medical Command

Location: Prairie and Mesa Rooms (Hill Country Ballroom)

8:30 AM: Session 1

Medical Advising Programs in Vietnam

Moderator: Sanders Marble, Ph.D.

COL (R) James G. Van Straten, Ph.D.: A Different Face of War: Memories of a

Medical Service Corps Officer in Vietnam

MAJ (R) Scott C. Woodard, MA: ???Praise the Host and Pass the Nuoc Mam: Medical

Advisors in the Vietnam War???

Location: Prairie and Mesa Rooms (Hill Country Ballroom)

10:00 AM: Coffee Break

(Beginning of breakout sessions)
10:30 AM: Sessions 2

Session 2A

Military Veterinary Service Missions in Vietnam

Moderator: BG John Poppe, USA (Ret), US Army Veterinary Corps

BG John Poppe, USA (Ret.), History of US Army Veterinary Services in Vietnam

Kent Kerr, Colonel (Retired), US Army Veterinary Corps: US Army Veterinary Service

Missions in Vietnam

Location: Prairie Room

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Session 2B

Medical Service Corps Combat Level Operations

Moderator: Gus Kappler, M.D.

Donald Hall: ???Happy New Year Long Binh!??? The 44th Medical Brigade in the Tet

Offensive

Gus Kappler, MD: Trauma Surgery at the 85th Evac. ???70-???71

William Mahaffey: "Charlie Med," the Navy-staffed Charlie Company, 3rd Medical

Battalion, 3rd MARDIV

Location: Mesa Room

12:00 Lunch

Lunch Presentation: Allen Clark, Vietnam Veteran

Location: Canyon Room

Session 3A

Agent Orange: Lasting Legacy of War

Moderator: Susan Schnall, BSN, FACHE; Assistant Adjunct Professor, School of Professional Studies, New York University; Honorary Doctor of Humanities, Ohio Wesleyan University

Paul Cox, Vietnam veteran, Marine Corps Infantry, 1969-1970; and Susan Schnall, Lt.JG, USNR, 1967-1969, Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, Oakland, California: The Things

We Leave Behind: Agent Orange and Unexploded Ordnance

Jean Grassman, Environmental Sciences; Associate Professor, Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College: A Poisoned Land

Carole A. Baraldi, RN, Ed.D.; Assistant Professor of Nursing, Mercy College: Healing the People

Heather Bowser, MSeD, LPCC, Preferred Care Counseling: A Daughter's Perspective

Location: Prairie Room

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Session 3B

The Medical Corps in the Vietnam War

Moderator: Robert B. Daroff, MD

Carl Gunderson, Col MC (Ret) Professor Emeritus Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda MD: The Medical Corps in the Vietnam War

Robert B. Daroff, MD: Cerebral Malaria in U.S. Forces in Vietnam

Location: Mesa Room

Session 4A

Vietnam Redcatcher Medics of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade (1966-1970)

Moderator: MAJ (R) Scott C. Woodard, MA

199th Light Infantry Brigade Medics

Location: Prairie Room

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Session 4B

Conscientious Objection and Veteran Protest during the Vietnam War

Moderator: Stephen Maxner, Ph.D.

Gary Kulik: The Forgotten Medics of the Vietnam War

Amy M. Hay: GI Guinea Pigs: Veterans Protest Agent Orange

Location: Mesa Room

LTG Quinn Becker, USA (Ret), Surgeon General of the United States Army 1985-1988

LTG Becker also served as the Chief, Professional Services, 85th Evacuation Hospital, United States Army Vietnam from February to May 1970 and then as

Division Surgeon and Battalion Commander, 15th Medical Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), United States Army Vietnam from June 1970 top February Feb 1971.

Medicine on 'the Other Side' during the Vietnam War

Moderator: Stephen Maxner, Ph.D.

Alan Hawk, Museum Specialist, National Museum of Health and Medicine: "Do our best for the wounded??? - The Creation of the Viet Cong Medical Department

Professor C. Michele Thompson: Winning Hearts and Minds through Medicine

Rob Whitehurst: Medicine on 'the Other Side' during the Vietnam War

Location: Prairie Room

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Session 5B

The Involvement of Medical Allies during the Vietnam War

Moderator: Sanders Marble, Ph.D.

Wolfgang Eckart: Between Medical Humanitarianism and Cold War Engagement:

German Medical Assistance Programmes for the Vietnamese People, 1966-1989

Jane Kim: The Mercenaries of America: The South Korean military medicine and the sub-Imperialization of the Vietnam War, 1964???1973

Location: Mesa Room

10:00 AM: Coffee break - Symposium Registration Area

10:30 AM: Sessions 6

Session 6A

Australian Medical Experiences in the Vietnam War

Moderator: Sanders Marble, Ph.D.

Peter Yule, Ph.D., University of Melbourne: The Medical Legacies of the Vietnam

War: An Australian Perspective

Location: Prairie Room

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Session 6B

The Impact of Disease during the Vietnam War

Moderator: Stephen Maxner, Ph.D.

Dr. Dennis Graham PhD, RN, ANP: Malaria: A Soldier???s Story of the Vietnam War???s

Second Front

Dr. Bradford Waters: Viral Hepatitis in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and in

Vietnam era Veterans

COL Andrew Cottingham: The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, the Field

Epidemiology Survey Team, and Malaria and Plague in Vietnam.

Location: Mesa Room

12:00 Lunch

Location: Canyon Room

1:30 PM: Session 7

Mental Health Aspects of Service in the Vietnam War

Moderator: Stephen Maxner, Ph.D.

Norman 'Mike' Camp, MD: Salient findings from US Army Psychiatry in the Vietnam

War: Cautionary tale or perfect storm?

Mike Doidge: U.S. Military Traumatic Brain Injury and Psychological Healthcare in the 1970s

Nicholas Efstathiou: Vietnam Veterans and Self-Medication

Location: Mesa Room

Vietnam Veteran Care When There Are War Remnants

Moderator: Sanders Marble, Ph.D.

Myrna Armstrong: Vietnam Veteran Care When There Are War Remnants

Patricia Conrad: Vietnam Veteran Care When There Are War Remnants

Location: Mesa Room