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…LOOKING BACK re-born on A hit movie revives strong memories for four local physicians. the 4th n SUSAN WEINGARDEN Special to The Jewish News ominated for eight Academy Awards, the powerful movie…
… Born on the Fourth of July of- fers a vivid depiction of the horrors of war. For several Detroit area Jewish physi- cians who were stationed in Vietnam during the war, the movie also revived memories of…
… personal car- rier) became a MASH unit on wheels." Dr. Gold recalls the danger of traveling through the jungle from mission to mis- sion. "There were land mines all over," he says. "At any time you could be…
… shot or blown up." His commanding officer, Colonel George Patton II, wanted him close behind the line of fire. "In our unit, the doctor went with the troops on search and destroy missions?' Dr. Gold…
…. I couldn't believe I had just run through a mine field. It was quite terrifying." Dr. Gold lost weight from anti-malaria medicine. He longed for a hot shower and the luxury of sitting on a toilet. He…
… especially remembers a foggy night in April 1967. "I was sleeping on my APC and there was a tremendous noise of rockets coming at the base. Guns were going off and there was screaming and yelling. A rocket hit…
… Born on the Fourth of July, he Dr. Paul Gold holds his decorations. says, "The medical care in Vietnam was some of the best in the world. Sometimes the wounded were treated faster than they would be if…
… they were injured on Orchard Lake Road." Dr. Gold learned to treat war injuries while at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. "They shot pigs and goats to show the doctors how to care for and do surgery on tissue…
… veterans if Born On The Fourth of July had been made years earlier. Reflecting his feelings about serving in the war, Dr. Gold says he was not an anti-war activist. "I just did my job. My experience made me…
… their own experiences. "Every war movie brings back memories," says Dr. Paul Gold, now a family practice physician. He served in the U.S. Army medical corps in Vietnam in 1967. "This movie was very…

















































