Praise for Welcome Home From Vietnam, Finally

My time in Vietnam still makes a difference:

“…I was your nurse at HSS.” ”… I have a few pages left of your book and it's ironic how I was reading it during this crazy pandemic…” “I have volunteered to help out at New York Presbyterian ER…” “Your book gave me the courage to want to help as reading what you went through in Vietnam as a new, young surgeon seems unimaginable!”

Kerri Kinsella, RN 

March 26, 2020

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Kappler gives us a stark portrayal of what it eas like to serve as a Vietnam War surgeon. (5 Stars)

One of the best books I've read about Viet Nam (5 Stars)

This book should be required reading for our President and congress before sending our troops into action.          (5 Stars)

Great book if you grew up during the Vietnam War            (5 Stars)

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“Gus Kappler’s book is a remarkable work….It has many lessons essential for Americans in today’s world - - personal courage in adversity, how to understand and function in foreign cultures, the need to cultivate social responsibility for those who serve their country and more….Dr.Kappler’s own story is inspiring and his insights on the larger context in which it unfolds have a vital message for all those concerned about America at home and abroad.”

- RALPH BUULTJENS

New York University and Cambridge University (UK)

“Welcome Home is a riveting and biting memoir by one of the corps of unsung heroes of the unpopular Vietnam War: the medical professionals who struggled to save the lives of America’s gravely wounded young soldiers. Dr. Kappler’s gripping account of the daily life or death challenges facing Army medical teams working in remote and difficult conditions makes for compelling reading. His commentary about the inadequacies of PTSD treatment are still very timely now that America is involved in even more conflicts around the globe.”

- CAPTAIN CHARLES CONNOR, USN (RET)

“Welcome Home From Vietnam, Finally is an autobiography of a compassionate, dedicated, Army trauma surgeon who highlights the carnage of war and the lasting effects of post traumatic stress disorder (PTS). A thoughtful insight by Dr. Kappler as to how this disorder may be managed is worth considering.”

- ROGER KING, M.D. – TRAUMA SURGEON 85TH

EVACUATION HOSPITAL, VIETNAM, ’70 - ’71

Retired General and Vascular Surgeon, Morgantown, WV

“One of the best books I have read about Viet Nam. I was a Navy combat Corpsman (8404) with the 1st Marine Division in VN. I am a 2-time Purple Heart recipient. I got to see both sides of the story as a first responder and as a patient. The parallels between Dr.Kappler’s experience and that of mine and other Army medics and Navy Corpsmen are similar but different in the stages at which we became involved with patients. My job was to keep them alive long enough to evac them to Dr.’s like Gus so he could get them stabilized and on to more definitive care.”

- DAVE DEVRIES - USMC CORPSMAN (HM2) ’65 – ’72

“Well said.” “I was a GMO with the 5th/4th Arty in Quang Tri, RVN, 3/70-11/70, then at the 93rd Evac until 3/71. I experienced many of the conflicting emotions you related. It is undeniable that the Vietnam experience has shaped my life and my psyche, and this book gives voice to the brutality and reality of that war and our loss of innocence.”

- ROBERT JOSEPH, M.D. – GENERAL MEDICAL OFFICER (GMO) QUANG TRI and 93rd EVACUATION HOSPITAL, VIETNAM, ’70 – ’71

Retired Medical Oncologist, Longview, WA”

“It has long been my opinion that each Vietnam veteran’s experience is unique to the veteran. Never has a book come so close to my personal experience as this one. Thanks Gus, for taking the time to get the ‘welcome home’ right.”

- PHIL KRAFT - SP5 US ARMY LONG BINH 1970

Executive Director - National Ve”