Jason (AR 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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LT D. TUSTIN MEDICAL DEPARTMENT THE JASON ' S MEDICAL DEPARTMENT STARTED THE WESTPAC 71 CRUISE OUT ON THE RIGHT FOOT BY NOT JUST HAVING ONE CASE OF APPENDICITIS ON THE TRANSIT FROM SAN DIEGO TO JAPAN. BUT THREE, INCLUDING ONE FROM THE USS CACAPON (A052) DURING THE SAME PERIOD. THROUGH THE EXPERTISE OF OUR MEDICAL OFFICER AND THE TLC AND SLEEPLESS NIGHTS OF OUR CORPSMEN, ALL THREE CASES WERE TREATED MEDICALLY, WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS. DURING JASON ' S STAY IN SASEBO SUPPORT WAS PROVIDED SHIPS PRESENT THUS RELIEVING THE BASE DISPENSARY OF MUCH OF THE WORKLOAD. WHILE IN VIETNAM THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATED IN FOUR MEDCAPS IN THE VICINITY OF VUNG TAU PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED MEDICAL AID TO THE NATIVES. THE DISPENSARIES AT CAT LO AND ANTHO RECEIVED BADLY NEEDED LOGISTIC SUPPORT. In row: HM2 P. ZANDERS, SA A LEWIS. SN S. COOPER, HMI Z. ALVAREZ, HM3 R. MAXWELL - 2nd row: HMCM fl MOIL, HM3S. NAYL0N,HM2G HOPE, HMI R SCHROEDER, HMI P. CARR, LT D. TUSTIN, 28