Keywords: history blackandwhite monochrome black and white 09-7969-33 The Vietnam War sparked the requirement for medical technologists in the Medical Service Corps. Medical technologists were commissioned to head Navy blood banks in support of the war effort. 10 medical technologists were commissioned in 1964 and 1965, including Ensign James F. Bates, pictured here standing on a platform outside of a mobile frozen blood laboratory, Station Hospital, Danang, Republic of Vietnam. [Vietnam War.] [Scene.] Vietnam - Medical Equipment and Interior Photos. 12/07/1965; Credit Captain James F. Bates, MSC, U.S. Navy (retired) 09-7969-33 The Vietnam War sparked the requirement for medical technologists in the Medical Service Corps. Medical technologists were commissioned to head Navy blood banks in support of the war effort. 10 medical technologists were commissioned in 1964 and 1965, including Ensign James F. Bates, pictured here standing on a platform outside of a mobile frozen blood laboratory, Station Hospital, Danang, Republic of Vietnam. [Vietnam War.] [Scene.] Vietnam - Medical Equipment and Interior Photos. 12/07/1965; Credit Captain James F. Bates, MSC, U.S. Navy (retired) |