In few wars has greater emphasis been placed on saving lives than in the war of Vietnam. Modern medical skill in technology have helped reduce the number of deaths caused by combat wounds to an all-time low.But not all the credit belongs to technology and skilled physicians. The medic who accompanies the fighting men into battle deserves much of the credit, for it is the medic who, often at the risk of his own life, first renders aid to the fallen soldier. He is the first link in the lifesaving chain in Vietnam.When the cry "I'm hit!" Goes up on the battlefield, the medic is expected to do his duty, and the fact that many medics are among the men decorated for valor in Vietnam is Apple tribute to the personal courage and devotion to duty on the part of the medical aid men in the field.Among these brave men are many medics who go unarmed into battle, and it is about them that no guns on their shoulders is written.