Ray Banta's War

A newly conceived and untested U.S. Army medical unit arrived in China in late 1943. The 40th Portable Surgical Hospital provided surgical support as close to the front lines as possible, but in this case its patients were Nationalist Chinese soldiers. Largely seen through the eyes of its CO, Ray Banta's War: A Combat Surgeon in World War II China tells the untold story of Americans who overcame extreme obstacles to care for the malnourished wounded Chinese allies.