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Title(s): A doctor goes to war: New Guinea and MacArthur in World War II
NLM historical lecture
Author(s): Egeberg, Roger Olaf, 1903-
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publication
Date: 		1991
Publication
Information: 		[Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, [c1991]
Language(s): English
Format: Moving image; 063 min.; Sound; Color
Subject(s): Egeberg, Roger O. (Roger Olaf), 1903-
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964.
War
Military Medicine
Physicians
Geographic
Subject: 		New Guinea
Rights: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Identifier(s): See catalog record: 100941005
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/100941005
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Description: This presentation was given to mark the 50th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Dr. Roger O. Egeberg spoke about his experiences during World War II as personal physician to General Douglas MacArthur. He provided a brief biography of General MacArthur, and then went on to describe the battle of New Guinea, his responsibilities as surgeon of the command, and his contributions to the concept of a mobile army surgical hospital (MASH).
Received: 1991, as a transfer from John Parascandola, chief, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine

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