One night a call came in as all the others did:
"Queen Tonic this is Wide Minnow" After our acknowledgement we got the description the the wounded. All that was said as far a I can remember is that it was called in as an urgent urology case. The chopper landed a short time later and we got the wounded soldier off the chopper and into the ER. I remember him having this very pale/ashen look to his face and his groin area covered in bandages. From what I remember he was either a door gunner or crew chief on a chopper and was shot in the penis and testicles. He was in surgery within a short period of time. After surgery we got word (as we did most of the time regarding surgeries and patient status) that he had lost a testicle and the bullet sliced his penis. The doc said that they believed he would come out ok and be able to have kids. Everone was so glad to hear that.
I have always been so amazed and in awe of the wonderful and dedicated doctors, nurses, corpmen, medical staff, etc. at the 24th. They truly worked miracles and saved so many lives. And once all was said and done and things calmed down you could see the emotional toll each sitauation took on us and how much we all cared.
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