
11/10/2024
VETERAN’S DAY: I was never in the Armed Service, but some of the most rewarding times in my career were spent taking care of our Veterans at VA Outpatient clinics in Newark and East Orange. I salute our Veterans and their sacrifices.
One time I was doing a minor procedure on a Korean Vet; had to give him a local Novocain and take off his infected toenail. He said to me, “I had this done in Korea”. Me being a stupid young doc, said, “Oh, a MASH unit?” (MASH the TV show was based on these Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals). He looked at me and said, “No I was a POW, they put Bamboo shoots under all my nails, no Novocain, to try and make me talk…I didn’t”. God Bless him!