Richard George Wendel

Name: Richard George Wendel
Date of Birth: 6/18/36
Branch of Service: U.S. Army
Dates of Service: 1963 to 1969
Location of Military Service: Vietnam

Mr. Wendell enlisted in the Reserves and was called to duty a the Sharonville Reserve Center in 1968. He was sent to Ft. Leonard Wood for basic training in a Field Hospital. He was sent to Vietnam where he worked at the 85th Evacuation Hospital. They treated prisoners of war there. The hospitals were primitive by our standards. They had no diagnostic equipment such as x-rays and such.

MUST unit 22nd surgical hospital	95th Evacuation Hospital
Entrance to emergency room at the 85th evacuation hospital	Pacification relocation village for Vietnamese
Vietnamese family group
Hospital perimeter of the 95th Evacuation Hospital	A room at the Provincial Hospital at Da Nang
Happy Haven Leprosarium at Da Nang The man in the forefront is missing fingers and has the leonine look that is one of the characteristics of the disease.	Destroyed medical school at Hue
Vietnamese nurses. they carry a parasol to keep their skin from getting dark as light skin is a prized asset.	ARVN physicians in Da Nang. Dr. Wendell is second from the left