Medical Civic Action Program; normally conducted in a secure area and could involve psychological operations to display humanitarian treatment and improve the image of occupying forces

Medical Civil Action Programs were periodic medical clinics most CAPs held for the Vietnamese in their villes. The Navy corpsman was our "doctor," treating everything from headaches to jungle ulcers, lancing boils, stitching cuts. We used a lot of peroxide, bandages and penicillin. Some corpsmen did more than others, depending on [..]

Medical Civil Action Program - Our Medics treated Vietnamese villagers Meo