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Failure To Atone.


Failure To Atone

Allen Hassan MD, JD, DVM DVM Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.

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Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
 

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Written by Allen Hassan MD, JD, DVM, Failure To Atone: The True Story of a Jungle Surgeon in Vietnam is the memoir of a medical doctor who volunteered to treat injured civilians near the front lines of the Vietnam War Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. . A former US Marine, his work brought him into contact with so much unspeakable cruelty and brutality he became permanently opposed to the horror and tragedy of war. Hassan witnessed American military personnel attacking innocent civilians, soldiers so severely wounded that they were not sent back home for fear of demoralizing de·mor·al·ize  
tr.v. de·mor·al·ized, de·mor·al·iz·ing, de·mor·al·iz·es
1. To undermine the confidence or morale of; dishearten: an inconsistent policy that demoralized the staff.
 the public and undercutting support for the war, the remains of a South Vietnamese solider brutally executed for desertion while an American commander looked on, the remains of babies slain execution-style, and much more. A haunting A Haunting is a television series on Discovery Channel that, according to its website[1] chronicles the "terrifying true stories of the paranormal told by people who experienced real-life horror tales.  read, every page poignantly real, and a cautionary tale against the worst that nations at war are capable of.
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Title Annotation:Failure To Atone: The True Story of a Jungle Surgeon in Vietnam
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Date:Nov 1, 2006
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