They followed the soldiers into battle, fixed up the injured as much as possible, and tried to get them to safety. Writing in The New York Times, Vietnam combat medic Rafael Matos of the First Armored Division explained that during the Tet Offensive, he and his fellow three medics were constantly on duty. This was followed in January by multiple surprise assaults on south Vietnamese cities and government buildings and bases belonging to South Vietnam's Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and the American armed forces.
troops stationed in the highlands, near Laos. In fall 1967, the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) - the army of North Vietnam - began artillery bombardments against U.S.
This was especially true during the brutal and deadly Tet Offensive. But when I was in combat I was tainted by this blood lust and I, too, became a combat soldier." Vietnam combat medic Wayne Smith admitted that the heat of battle got to him. Medics weren't supposed to fight, although Matos says he was ordered to perform at least one infantry-related task. Vietnam combat medic Rafael Matos wrote in The New York Times that they didn't have to worry about their appearance, and they didn't have to take orders that conflicted with lifesaving care. Medics were also distinct from infantrymen in some ways. Like the infantrymen, they didn't have body armor or bulletproof helmets. According to We Are the Mighty, most had an M16A1 rifle, a. Unlike in other wars, Vietnam medics carried weapons. After that, the medics worked at base clinics until receiving their orders to deploy to Vietnam. Vietnam combat medic Stephen Dunn recalled learning "how to give shots, bandage and carry the injured, apply tourniquets and morphine." Fellow Vietnam combat medic Roger Buchta said medics also learned how to treat shock and administer an IV, as well as basic anatomy.
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