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Without any basic training, he was assigned to Camp Lejeune,
a U.S. Marine facility. After nine months at Camp Lejeune, he was transferred to the U.S. Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, for the marines and later for naval personnel and their dependents at Bainbridge. “I recall an incident at Camp Lejeune. A marine major came up to me and said, ‘Doctor, you are out of uniform.’ I replied, ‘How did you know that I was a doctor?’ As it turned out, all my insignia were wrong and I was wearing the wrong belt.”
Tony Cucuzzella
Sanford B. Diznoff
Graduated from medical school in 1966. During rotating internship at San Diego, CA, County/University hospital, applied for and was accepted in the U.S. Navy Berry Plan to complete
my residency in Radiology. I did this at Boston City Hospital/ Boston University School of Medicine from 1967-1971. The Navy assigned me to Philadelphia, PA U.S. Naval Hospital, serving
as a Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy Reserve, from 1971- 1973. The Radiology department had a residency program. I did diagnostic work and teaching. We served retirees, active duty and enlisted, and the dependent population. For a short while, I acted as Chairman of Radiology. The experience during my military service was not much different from civilian work, other than
the need to be in uniform and to understand military obligations. The experience was overall exceptional, as I worked with very competent attending staff and residents. The fact that I was in Philadelphia was instrumental in the exploration for post-military jobs. I ultimately joined XRay Associates in Wilmington, DE.
Sanford Diznoff
Brett Elliott
I had a straight surgical internship at Bethesda Navy Hospital, where I treated a number of orthopedic casualties
from Vietnam. The program was academically oriented and comparable to a civilian hospital. I have always thrived on new experiences and after internship volunteered to serve as the fantastic example of engineering and I have always had an interest in science. The crew were all dedicated and knowledgeable. During my second patrol, I undertook a Vitamin C study to determine if ascorbic acid helped prevent colds. Seventy of the crew volunteered in a double-blind study, taking 500 mg of Vitamin C or an identical, placebo capsule QID. At the end of our patrol, the code was broken and there was less sick call germane to URI symptoms in the vitamin group, however the sample size wind of the study and we published a brief article on the results. In a nutshell, a great two years in the sub service, with a lot more ups than downs.
Brett Elliott
Stephen L. Hershey, MD
Graduated medical school in 1968. Completed intern/ residency 1969-1973, Orthopaedic Surgery. Berry Plan, Portsmouth, VA Naval Hospital, 1973-1975; Akron, Ohio Clinic 1975-1978. Opened orthopedic practice, Wilmington, DE. This is now First State Orthopaedics.
Steve Hershey
Herbert H. Heym
Graduated from college in 1963, with a Navy Reserve commission and a service obligation as a result of my NROTC Thuban from 1963-1965. I attended the Naval Amphibious School, Little Creek, VA. Was assigned further sea duty (shipboard), Mediterranean/Caribbean duty tours. Attended
the Naval Air Engineer Center (Aerospace Crew Equipment Lab), Philadelphia Naval Base and the Philadelphia Naval Base Hospital. Participated in several interesting exercises, one when the water was cut off to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba due to a possible invasion. Operation Steelpike was an amphibious exercise off Spain with more than 60 ships, preparing for a possible attack
on Panama. Participated in Amphibious Operations at Vieques, Puerto Rico. Was honorably discharged from the USNR on April 17, 1972. Graduated from medical school in 1969 and completed an Internal Medicine residency in 1974.
Christian E. Jensen
Herb Heym
Christian E. Jensen
Graduated medical school in 1972. The naval career, however, started much earlier, as a graduate of the Naval OCS in 1955 with service mostly in logistics on various
ships and stations, including
the Amphibious Force in the Mediterranean and with the 6th Marines during the Six-Day War. As a physician, served as a commander
of six naval medical units from Norfolk to Lewes to Bethesda. Graduated Naval War College in 1982. Mobilized with Fleet Hospital 15 for Desert Storm at Al Jubayl and thereafter became Director of Occupational Medicine at the Naval Academy, retiring in 1997 with 42 1⁄2 years of service. Continued a military relationship as a Colonel in the Maryland Defense Force. Maintain an active medical practice in Denton, MD.
Chris Jensen
David Larned
Accepted Navy Scholarship for medical school. Commissioned Ensign June 1, 1973. Active service began with
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