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363-03845 to 363-03848
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Title
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Seabees news release about the Medical Civic Action Program (MEDCAP) program
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Description
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Original title: "Seabees Introduce Vietnam Villagers to Modern Medicine." Seabees news release of 23-67 (71), which included photographs of medical treatments given to Vietnamese patients in Da Nang, Vietnam. The news release is about Seabee's Medical Civic Action Program (MEDCAP) to visit villages around Da Nang and give medical treatment to the people there
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Draft transcripts were automatically generated via Google Document AI and are currently under review. Please report significant errors to Archives & Special Collections at archives@unl.edu.
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CIVIL
ENGINEER
TED
STATES
CORPS
CIVIL ENGINEER CORPS
100th ANNIVERSARY
MARCH 2, 1967
UNITED STATES NAVY
CONSTRUCTION BATTALIONS
SEABEES IN ACTION
"CONSTRUIMUS, BATUIMUS WE BUILD, WE FIGHT"
"CAN DO!''
JOIN THE SEABEES
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SERVE THE WORLD
MOBILE CONSTRUCTION BATTALION SEVENTY-FOUR
FLEET POST OFFICE
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 96601
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEABEES
SEABEES
25th ANNIVERSARY
MARCH 5, 1967
Release No. 23-67 (71)
SEABEES INTRODUCE VIETNAM VILLAGERS TO MODERN MEDICINE
Vietnamese civilians in hamlets near DaNang, South Vietnam, are getting
special Seabee medical care.
There are three teams of Navy Seabee Corpsmen that make these trips from
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion SEVENTY-FOUR. They visit the hamlets of
Trung Nghĩa, Phouc Tranh, and Phouc Quanh. Trung Nghia is a Buddhist village,
the others Catholic.
Under the Medical Civic Action Program (MEDCAP), each team is assigned
one village and the visits are twice a week to each one. The fact that it
is the same corpsman who return each time is an important factor in building
up the confidence of the villagers.
Navy Seabee Hospital Corpsmen Second Class Robert E. Burgess is the man
in-charge of these MEDCAP operations. Burgess makes each trip with each team,
six days a week.
For each trip much has to be done prior to leaving the base.
The am-
bulance has to be filled with the needed drugs and bandages used on the visit.
Burgess has to decide how much of each will be used on the forthcoming trip
and stock accordingly.
Burgess has the two ambulances used by MCB-74 set up to service most
any type of situation that could be met on these daily trips. If a particu-
lar case is encountered that he decides is too serious for the field, Burgess
immediately sends the patient to the local hospital. So far, no case has
been refused, showing that the judgement used by him is accurate in every
instance.
Burgess said the most prevelant diseases found by these Seabee teams are
tuberculosis, abcesses, and tropical ulcers. All of these cases are handled
by the teams under the watchful eye of Burgess.
Burgess can clearly see the great strides being made by these teams.
The common diseases are becoming less frequent and of a much milder nature.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING COMMAND
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WASHINGTON, D. C. 20390
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Burgess first entered the service in 1960 and served in MCB-74 since
November 1966. His wife, Rose, and their two children reside at 1426 Genevive
Ave., Gulfport, Mississippi.
Burgess volunteered for the job of head MEDCAP Corpsman and states that
he enjoys the feeling of helping these people. Wehn asked what has been the
greatest experience in all of the MEDCAP work, Burgess had this to say, "At
one of the children's orphanages there was an outbreak of measles. The
MEDCAP Teams stopped this outbreak and we didn't lose a single child."
The MEDCAP tours will continue for the rest of MCB-74's deployment and
Seabee Burgess hopes to stay active in this most worth while and gratifying
Civic Action Project.
1967 marks the 25th anniversary of the U. S. Navy Seabees; the 100th
of the Navy Civil Engineer Corps whose officers lead the Seabees in action;
and the 125th of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (formerly Bureau
of Yards and Docks).
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DEAR EDITOR: We Seabees hope you can use this copy and we would appreicate
a tear sheet mailed to:
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE 09D1
U. S. Navy Seabees
Yards & Docks Annex 2B-35
Washington, D. C. 20390
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Release No. 23-67 (71)
SEABEES DOCTOR VILLAGERS
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SEABEE Hospital Corpsman Second Class
Robert E. Burgess, MCB-74's Petty Officer in Charge MEDCAP checks
out a Vietnamese boy during a MEDCAP visit to a local Buddhist
Hamlet. Burgess discovered the child was suffering from
pneumonia.
Dear Editor: We Seabees hope you can use this copy and we would
appreciate a tear sheet mailed to s PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE 09D1,
US NAVY SEABEES, Yards and Docks Annex 2B35, Washington, D. C.
20390.
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Date
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1967
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Subject
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United States. Navy. Seabees; United States. Navy; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Press releases; Villages--Vietnam; Medical Civic Action Program (MEDCAP); War--Medical aspects; Surgery, Military; Propaganda
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Location
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Da Nang, South Vietnam
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Coordinates
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16.0545; 108.0717
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Container
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B65, F12
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Format
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press releases
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Collection Number
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MS 363
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Collection Title
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Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
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Creator
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United States. Navy. Seabees
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Collector
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Copyright Information
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These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
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Publisher
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Archives & Special Collections
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Language
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English
