Word: medics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...down at Sule Pagoda as thousands of people fled the onslaught, screaming when the soldiers lowered their rifles and fired bursts directly at bystanders and protesters. Ambulance drivers were shot at as they went to attend the wounded. "The soldiers will not respect even the doctors," said a medic at Rangoon General Hospital. His crew was kept away from Sule Pagoda for several hours as victims writhed in agony from their wounds...
After concluding that conditions would not improve under Namphy, a group of young officers led by Sergeant Joseph Hebreux, a 27-year-old medic in the Presidential Guard, began plotting to remove him. Namphy learned of the coup through a defector and planned to arrest about 75 guardsmen. But on Saturday, Sept. 17, two tanks and some 650 troops surrounded the National Palace. Desperate, Namphy called for help from Colonel Jean-Claude Paul, who commands Haiti's main military barracks. Paul hurried to the scene but without mustering his men. When Namphy finally grabbed a megaphone and tried to persuade...
Triumphant junior officers wanted to name Hebreux the new President of Haiti, but the young medic reportedly became agitated and declared that he was not prepared for the post. Only then was Avril, 51, a senior Presidential Guardsman and a longtime associate of the Duvaliers who had nonetheless helped oust Baby Doc, selected to lead the country...
...body attached, as reckless as Barnes, as resourceful as Elias -- and he leaves half a dozen NVA in his wake. Now Barnes finds Chris and is ready to kill him when a blast knocks them unconscious. Later Chris revives and finds the injured Barnes ordering him to get a medic. The young man lifts his weapon and, when Barnes says, "Do it," does the bastard...
...crumpled bed sheets still bear the impress of daily life. But in the now deserted streets, no men chatter. No women call to their children. No chickens squawk. No insects buzz. "The silence is so deep," whispers a visitor to a relief worker. "I try not to listen," the medic responds. Yet it is all but impossible not to hear the echoes of the tragedy...