The official channel for the award winning book, "Trauma and Tenacity in Vietnam: A Surgeon's Story". The book is the compelling account of a young surgeon’s unique Vietnam War deployment. The author, a news correspondent and college professor, Dr. Mary Jane Ingui, conducted extensive research to bring Capt. Sheldon Kushner MD’s experiences to life. Dr. Kushner is a native Alabaman who now lives in the Mobile area, grew up in Montgomery in the home once owned by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and studied medicine at the University of Alabama Medical School.
This is the story of Capt. Sheldon Kushner, MD, a young surgeon, part of the MILPHAP team in Vinh Long, S. Vietnam from 1968-69.
"Trauma and Tenacity in Vietnam: a Surgeon's Story" has been awarded a GOLD medal for Memoir and SILVER medal for Cover Design from the Florida Authors and Publishers Association (FAPA).
