A fascinating look back at the grounding in medicine that Dr.
Every day he focused on his hope of returning to start a happy, loving family life with he.
If he had not received his wife\'s nearly daily letters, audiotapes, photos and care packages, he probably would not have survived to conquer his anxiety and depression brought on by the horrors of the war.
His love for his wife and her love for him are a constant within each letter.
The book is inspiring for all readers as the author depicts his struggles through depression and the monotony of day to day living outside the operating room.
The author dedicated himself to saving the lives of injured soldiers to the best of his growing abilities in operating conditions where the heat could exceed 120 degrees and often during incessant bombardment by the North Vietnamese Army.
Located just south of the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) in Vietnam, it was considered one of the most dangerous places during the TET offensive, and MD anesthesia providers were badly needed.
Following a mere three months of on-the-job anesthesia training (at his first Army assignment at Fort Knox, Kentucky), the author was sent to serve as an anesthesiologist in his MASH Unit, the 18th Surgical Hospital in the Fire Base Camp Evans.
Benumof through a year of disheartening conflict that often seemed to stretch on forever.
Married to his wife for just 6 months, they agreed to write daily Letters to each other, which ultimately became the mental lifeline of hope that sustained Dr.
Letters From THE HEART provides a fascinating look at history through the daily lens of an intelligent and articulate physician who was drafted to serve in Vietnam for a year.
Benumof\'s character and his dedication to family and humankind.
This intimate memoir speaks well to Dr.
The book includes an introductory commentary by the authors regarding important issues, events, thoughts and feelings that provides a very helpful context to the rest of the book, as well as a brief look at their lives after 1969.
Benumof went on to become one of the top Anesthesiologists in the world, publishing numerous definitive books in his field: critical resources that other physicians continue to rely upon.
Dr.
He endured and persevered through the trauma and drama with the love and correspondence with wife Sherrie, often accompanied by her banana oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, and preserved in these 282 Letters From The Heart.
Benumof received during the Vietnam War.
Jonathan L.
A fascinating look back at the grounding in medicine that Dr
