The May 23, 2013, episode of
American Heroes Radio features a conversation with United States Navy Vietnam
Veteran and Neurosurgeon Dr. Paul Pitlyk.
Program Date: May 23,
2013
Program Time: 1500
hours, PACIFIC
Topic: A Neurosurgeon
in Wartime Vietnam
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About the Guest
Dr. Paul Pitlyk “graduated from
St. Louis University School of Medicine where he then left for Rochester, Minn.
to participate in the five-year program studying neurosurgery at Mayo Clinic.
After operating in a private practice in Milwaukee, Wis., he joined the U.S.
Navy where he was sent to Vietnam for one year as a neurosurgeon for wounded
marines during the war. Upon his return, Pitlyk was assigned to work in the
Naval Hospital in San Diego. He then returned to private practice for 40 years.
Currently retired, Pitlyk is married with two children and lives in San
Francisco Bay area.” Dr. Paul Pitlyk is
the author of Blood on China Beach: My Story as a Brain Surgeon in Vietnam.
According to the book description
of Blood
on China Beach: My Story as a Brain Surgeon in Vietnam, “More than once
during his yearlong duty, thirty-two-year-old Dr. James J. Paul wondered what
had possessed him to leave the security of a neurosurgery practice in the
Midwest to experience the blood, guts, and gore of brain surgery at a forward
marine hospital during the Vietnam War. In Blood on China Beach, Paul, a
neurosurgeon from the Mayo Clinic, shares the story of how he learned his craft
in a rudimentary hospital in Vietnam, twelve thousand miles from home. This
memoir picks up where most Vietnam battlefield memoirs leave off-when the
choppers deliver the dead and gravely wounded to the field hospitals and the
dedicated doctors and medical staff struggle under primitive and unsterile
conditions to preserve life. In this environment, Paul was charged with
carrying out emergency neurosurgery on those soldiers sustaining head injuries.
He details both the emotional and professional factors that played a role in
his service and provides a unique perspective to the Vietnam War. Insightful
and historically significant, Blood on China Beach shows Paul's reverence for
life and his admiration for the bravery of the marines he operated on, even as
he questioned his own ability to make a difference. This memoir shows Paul's
evolution from child to man and from neophyte to surgeon.”
About the Watering Hole
The Watering Hole is police
slang for a location cops go off-duty to blow off steam and talk about work and
life. Sometimes funny; sometimes serious; but, always interesting.
About the Host
Lieutenant Raymond E. Foster was a
sworn member of the Los Angeles Police
Department for 24 years. He
retired in 2003 at the rank of Lieutenant.
He holds a bachelor’s from the Union Institute and University in Criminal Justice
Management and a Master’s Degree in Public Financial Management from California
State University, Fullerton; and, has completed his doctoral course work.
Raymond E. Foster has been a part-time lecturer at California State University,
Fullerton and Fresno; and is currently a Criminal Justice
Department chair, faculty advisor and lecturer with the Union Institute and
University. He has experience teaching
upper division courses in law enforcement, public policy, law enforcement technology and leadership. Raymond is an experienced author who has
published numerous articles in a wide range of venues including magazines such
as Government Technology, Mobile Government, Airborne Law Enforcement Magazine,
and Police One. He has appeared on the
History Channel and radio programs in the United States and Europe as subject matter
expert in technological applications in law enforcement.
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