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WARWOUNDS
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DukeMagazineis NOVEMBER- VOLUME84
ppraipnetredonrecycled DECEMBER1997 NUMBER1
EDITOR:
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FEATURESEDITOR: brightest.GraphiceffectsbyMaxineMills.
BridgetBooher'82,A.M.'92
SCIENCEEDITOR
DennisMeredith
STUDENTINTERNS:
BrianHenderson'98
JaimeLevy'01
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OFFICERS,DUKEALUMNI
ASSOCIATION:
MicheleClauseFarquhar'79,
president;JohnA.SchwarzIII
'F5u6n,dperershiudernkt-Jerl.e'c6t0;,Mse.crLeatanreyy- SOMETIMES THE HEALER NEEDS HEALINGbyBobWilson 2
PRESIDENTS,SCHOOL Thoughhehadnowayofknowingitatthetime,JohnParrish'syearinthekillingfields
ANDCOLLEGEALUMNI wouldupendhispersonallife,renderhimapolitical,andleavehimwithaburdenof
JAaSmSeOsCRI.ACToIoOkNJSr.:'50,B.D. survivorguiltcommonamongmedicalproviderswhowenttoVietnam
E'5v4a,nDsivBi.nSi.tyE.SEc.ho'o56l,;SGcehoorolgeofJ. PREPARING FORTHE FINALTRANSITIONbyBridgetBooher 8
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SOMETIMES
THE HEALER
NEEDS HEALING
WAR WITHOUT END
BYBOBWILSON
Thoughhe hadnowayofknowingit at the time,
JohnParrish's yearin the killingfields would upendhis personal life,
renderhimapolitical,and leave himwith aburden ofsurvivorguiltcommon
amongmedicalproviderswhowenttoVietnam.
Warisacentralinstitutioninhumancivilization, drinkingwaterreekingofbleach,salttablets Warbuddies:a
andithasahistoryprecisel—yaslongascivilization. thesizeofadime,anti-malariapills,monsoon mustachioedAlex
GwynneDyer,War rains,rear-areamartinets,and,somewherein RolandandJohn
thebushbeyondtheperimeter,asilentenemy Parrish,thedoctorin
Therewerefiveofthembunkingdown waitingtokill. thehootch,opposite,
inHootch75,menasgoodasanythis HastilythrownupataMarineCorpsbase inVietnam,1967;
countryeversenttowar,andinthat nearcoastalPhuBai,Hootch75consistedof Rolandandstudent
summerof1967eachwastryingtocometo littlemorethanaconcretefloor,awooden Parrishtoday,atleft,
termswithatime superstructure, and outsideRoland's
and aplace called anenormousamount MALSclassroom
SouthVietnam. ofscreenwire.The
For —thirteen four naval officers
months Marines andoneMarineas-
prided themselves signedtothehootch
onstayingamonth wereanintelligent,
longer in-country thoughtful, and
thanotherbranches rathercynicallot,a
—oftheU.S.military castofcharacterswho
eachofthefive could have walked
livedamidthestench straightintoanepi-
ofdieselfumesand sodeofM*A*S*H.
burning human In1972,oneofthe
waste,thegut-rat- hootchies, a Navy
tlingthunderofF-4 doctornamedJohn
Phantomjets,heli- Parrish '61, would
coptersferryingthe §publishto acclaim
quickandthedead, ioneofthemostriv-
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etingbookssiredbythewar,ADoctor'sYearin Thefunction oftheprofessionofarms is the causetheyrefusedtoresistanimmoralwar.
Vietnam,acut-to-the-marrow,nonfictionno- orderedapplicationofforceintheresolutionofa ForParrish,theFlorida-bornsonofaBap-
velaboutoneman'slifeinthecombatzone, socialproblem. — tistministerwhopreachedloveofGodand
thepeoplehe knew,andwhathe cameto GeneralSirJohnHackett, country,thiswasaworldgonebellyup.Par-
knowabouthimself. TheProfessionofArms rish had gone toVietnam reluctantly but
BarelyoutofYaleMedicalSchool,Parrish On withasenseofduty. Hismoralimperative
knewlitdeaboutVietnamthecountryorViet- paper,itallseemssoneat,sopre- consisted of keeping wounded Americans
namthewarwhenhearrivedatPhuBai cise,sobloodless.Infact,warisa alive,notintorchingstrawhuts.Thoughhe
fewAmericansdid.Sensinghisdisorientation, blood-swollengod,asStephenCrane hadbeen there,had been in combat,had
themenofHootch75"adopted"Parrishduring wrote,andsoldiersaretherawmaterialthat savedlives,Parrishwasincreasinglytroubled
aroundofbeerdrinkingatthePhuBaioffi- feedhim.SixmonthsintohistourinViet- bywhat he saw happening in the United
cers'club.Itwasapastimeamongregularsto nam,JohnParrishwasmentallyandphysical- Statesaswellasbyhisfailuretodecipherthe
seewhichtablecoul—dbuildthehighestpyra- lyexhaustedfromtryingtosalvageasmuch "why?"ofthewar.
mid of beer cans all empty, of course. ofthatrawmaterialonemancoulddo.He Several toppolicymakers in theJohnson
Parrish proved his mettle by demolishing hadcometoVietnamasatabularasa;nowhe administration wrestled with the question.
Hootch75'spyramidwithaflyingcananda wasbeginningtoquestionnotonlyhiscoun- They,too,coulddiscernnopurposeincon-
roar:"Arewegoingtotalkorarewegoingto try'sinvolvementinanAsiancivilwar,but tinuingapointlesswar. Chiefamongthese
drink?"Thenandthere,themenofHootch alsotheverypoliticalandmorallegitimacyof nascentdoveswasDefenseSecretaryRobert
75knewtheyhadfoundtheirman. hisgovernment. McNamara,whosepublicsupportofthewar
OneofthehootchieswhotookParrish's When Parrish returned to the States in masked a gnawingconviction thathe had
measurethatnightwouldfigureprominently 1968,he was astrangerinastrange land. helpedsteertheUnitedStatesintoadisaster.
inADoctor'sYearandhislifeafterthewar.A HelearnedfromrebuffsinSanFranciscoand McNamarawas right. He and his advisers
hcoomNpaovsaitleAcchaadraecmtyerg,rtahdeuahtoeoatcnhdiMeairsianegucnagp-- eklnseeww:heArelowthoaftAmotehreircsanisnhuandifcoormmeatlorebaed-y taablokuetdtahreropgraonptelrywaaftyertothpere1s9e6r5veU.SSo.utbhuiVlideutp-
tain,RolandAmes.Butthat'sgettingahead lieve servicemenwerepartoftheVietnam nam:GraduallytightenthescrewsuntilNorth
ofthestory. problem,notthesolution.Intheviewofthe Vietnam simply abandoned its struggle to
PhuBaitwoyearsaftertheMarineslanded anti-warmovement,—thesesoldiershadalter- annextheSouthbyforce.Butin1968,after
inVietnamamidflowerleis,photographers, natives toVie—tnam Canada and Sweden, theTetOffensiveshatteredtheJohnsonad-
andtheapplauseoflocaldignitarieswasnot amongothers buttheywereculpablebe- ministration'sconfidenceanderodedmuchof
M*A*S*H;itwasmorelikeapreviewofhell.
Thebloodflowingfrom3rdDivisionMarines,
sloggingthroughthericepaddiesandgreen CASUALTIES OF WAR
hillswestofPhuBai,wascopiousandreal.
JohnParrish'sjobwastopatchupthesewound- Unlikesoldiersinearlier June4,1995 June14,1995
edMarinesandreturnthemtocombat. wars,mostofthe2mil- DearAlex, DearJohn,
Today,Parrishisthechiefofdermatologyat lionAmericanswho AsIwritetoyou,mymind Yourlastletterhasanedgeto
mHhoeasdrpivictaaarlld.oMTfehfdioicuecrgahlwoShrcehkohionalgd.nTatohetwnha,eyhPoehfwukansBoawaiiNnfaigveliydt stutnhehieretrvysee.cdaTasihmnmeeVeyihmweobetemnnretasmaaloldoofinndmeei.,nloiAattsnagdraoy afI1e9nk9wdn5,dofeawbeyulsIitnosIgiftsftierhneeeltsTueaenrftteniOBtrfoeoflsteythnpoesrnifeviisern.est.n.t s"nitt,aWilmbhl?uawt"rtiItFiiosanrtgm.hs.eto.hm.maYeenoakupnfeaiuoslnpkglyeaoo,gufaViVianier,etet--
atthetime,Parrish'syearinthekillingfields result,fewlong-termfriend- [in]PhuBaiin1968. namstandsforallwars.For
would upend his personal life,render him shipsseemtohavesurvived Mixedintothesoundsofthe othersitstandsforwarsof
vwapihovPlooairrtwirgceiuasnilhlt,tcatcanoomdVmeilmeehtaoovnnemameha.imimnon1w9gi6t8mh,eadfiibcnuiarsldhepedrnohovifisdsoeubrr-s- tRamhonaeTlyehapxenbocidesertpaat-cdniVoaodirnperJ.tteoenshdapnmofnoyPdreaeararnrscib.eso,hoAklaw,erhexich jgddluieaosebrwturb,tbiaeIdegneeyhaoentttanhrreduwciihtknnhojecouuocartmoiesriudisnltdhdgreianprmn.oo.dytu.noabwsdfeisIan- AbifommorpeIecranririnscoahoawlobnridl/tsec,mita.f[pasFtiitlhotaueranremldo.sietsFhafteono/rrrisWntleihogstsetisoeRntfgraa.nnmd-s
ligationtotheNavy,andbeganacivilianca- consistsofmorethan500 olderthantwenty-one.Igive Vietnam]dependsonwhoyou
yrseeiaeorrnaslinadfodteoerrrsmhaifstororlehotigumyrnatrhfoartuonmhdatsthheoepcweoonmrelbdda.tpArzooffneeesw,- metbexayrcnsPe.uarsTrpcrhtrisesihfpf,rtirosspumtaggetgexewscs.oetrsHopfeta,rtfehwleraiaisrrthetlbeeatn-ck tgrthhaoeeuuznwledioseauungtnededtntacwenllitoltshsheiromg,m.ah.eu.eztsehitseaarttinolidefctrohovleelr oiahrnnoet,mthejheuesffbtirraaosgtsmgpwatlhghaaceeetwy.aoyUroulutdtioecmaopartkerentildehysde,re
however,Vietnambegantocreepoutofthe associatedwithhispost-trau- offthelitterontothefloor.... themeaningofVietnamistied
vastydeepofhisdreamsandintohiseveryday maticstressdisorder: Welieonthefloorwithout tothemeaningoflife,which
lwtirafeas.ubmItaetcwioacmsisnttrgheesosncldeaissosofirctdehmrea,nwiPofTueSnstdDae.tdiT,ohnteooof.hWepaiolstethr- oqhueniaetdthefroeartiurtrshntersi,bpusnneekvxeetrrastl,opbueuso.tpWlmehosetn eoauasrc.es.h.aeIloofvfflesuue.nsmkomtyuiosoutnssd.wisCicmoemranebofaoursthionre
PTSDcamenightmaresofcrushed,mangled, ofuscontinueworking....With andbuildapersonalphiloso-
waassuonsruduvlribdivunorbgrneyegodduuielbnatogddisMbepaysar;miwTonneerecsndh,inntibgchy;ooluktognhrheoswhdnieeinppkgrpenetstesshwiaoottfnhhheioeysf webwsoeoao.arc.rtk.hksi,tgfyirbasesuotdttuietrfpto.fhiobMcefeurylsetdhehiotslnaolesnsco.domsmWnytuseihchnahehukaaeervtmey jpnppurhaasoyrtjm.eeacRlpstierstIoa.egwrdriaeltssluorsrem.eoeanAdpnohsudiorlmolreseteo'sVpspihceeycot,t-mi-ve
wwhaoopuuplleddninsoneteg.ttTohrehyiigmnr,gePetanorrmgirasakhsesbeosgfeanhnsoetmooefcowarhnraedtsptwohanesdy ntmfiooonssgpateflreanitscayie.t.lh.st.e.oWbcrhaarairtnysbduointehdweerorsumnmydeed Parrish,atleft:AAlDeoxctor'sYear
withhishootchie,"RolandAmes."By1997, John inPhuBaineverended
theirlettersfilleda500-pagemanuscript.
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