Fig. 4.

Casualties arrive at the Naval Support Activity Station Hospital in Da Nang, Vietnam, in 1968. The wounded were transferred from the helicopters to the triage area on canvas-covered stretchers. These were set on sawhorses, where they became examination tables and sometimes operating tables. (From Kelly PJ. Vietnam, 1968–69: a place and year like no other. Neurosurgery. 2003;52:927–943. Reproduced with permission of Wolters Kluwer Health.)