title: World War II: the Army Dental Corps in the Far East.
abstract: August 15 is the anniversary of VJ Day--Victory in Japan. This article, the first of a 3-part series dedicated to remembering the efforts of the Army Dental Corps during the second world war, reproduces the personal experiences--some horrifying, some desperate, some funny--of those dentists who did their service in the Far East and who experienced VJ Day at first hand.
mesh_terms: D000739:Anecdotes as Topic; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008885:Military Dentistry; D006113:United Kingdom; D014857:Warfare