Our Hearts Were Young and Gay: A Pictorial History of the Travels of the Fifth Auxiliary Surgical Group from Fort Sam Houston, Texas through the ETO to Marseille, June 1944 -August 1945
by Ernest Craige, Capt. M C
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1945. Privately Published. Oblong 8vo. Softcover. Unpaginated. Near Fine condition. The book is intact and tight .Ernest Craige, MD, 89, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, died on 24 January 2008 at North Carolina Memorial Hospital. Dr. Craige served as Chief of the Division of Cardiology at the UNC School of Medicine for 26 years and was an internationally renowned expert in echocardiography.
He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1939 but did not take up residence in England because of the outbreak of World War II. Instead, he attended Harvard Medical School and graduated with an MD degree in the spring of 1943. After an internship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Army training at Camp Barkley in Texas, Dr. Craige participated in the northern European campaign with the Fifth Auxiliary Surgery Group in 1944 and 1945. He published a cartoon history of his wartime experiences, When Our Hearts Were Young with Gay.
He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1939 but did not take up residence in England because of the outbreak of World War II. Instead, he attended Harvard Medical School and graduated with an MD degree in the spring of 1943. After an internship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Army training at Camp Barkley in Texas, Dr. Craige participated in the northern European campaign with the Fifth Auxiliary Surgery Group in 1944 and 1945. He published a cartoon history of his wartime experiences, When Our Hearts Were Young with Gay.
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- The FW Collections (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H249
- Title
- Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
- Author
- Ernest Craige, Capt. M C
- Illustrator
- Ernest Craige, Capt. M C
- Format/Binding
- Tan with black print and illustrations
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- privately published by Ernest Craige
- Place of Publication
- El Paso ,Texas
- Date Published
- 1945
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- rare books; History; WWII;
- Size
- 8.5x11
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