Vietnam – October 2019

OCTOBER 2019 47

Developed by three

officers of the 1st

Cavalry Division

(Airmobile), this

air-conditioned,

sterile operating

room, seen on

Jan. 6, 1966, could

be airlifted to a

suitable position

near any

battlefield.

With multiple

inflatable units

in place, a major

medical complex is

built within a day

on Nov. 18, 1966.

Another approach
to meet the need
for medical facilities
that could be set up
quickly was an
inflatable hospital
unit, such as this one
being readied on
Nov. 18, 1966.
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