Breathing Some Life into a Picnic

Sept 8th -  By Howard Sachs, MD, PhD
In 1964, I spent a sabbatical leave year in Rome, teaching at the Italian higher institute of health.  Usually, I would take my lunch with the maintenance men at the Institute, because they knew where the best trattorias were located at the best prices and for other reasons [...]

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More About the Battle on Okinawa

April 16th entry to Howard Memoirs
In an ealier entry  my experiences in WW II,  I recall ending with our landing on Okinawa as replacements in the 96th Infantry division, who by now had lost half their men to a fanatical Japanese combat force, who were well trained and equipped and skilled.
Armored trucks met us as [...]

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A Terrifying Surgical Experience

Howard Sachs, MD, PhD
In these modern times, most surgical procedures are routine, painless events, especially with high tech imaging devices to guide the surgeon and an array of general and local anesthetics, Most people facing any kind of complex surgery will say: “ Just put me to sleep and wakeme when it’s all over.” They [...]

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Memoir: The passing of the 52-20 Club

By Howard Sachs PhD, MD. howardsachs@rocketmail.com
About this time each year, I would be looking forward to receiving a notice of the forthcoming reunion of our fifty – two, 52 –20 club, usually a yearly event. However, Willie, who would usually arrange the affair and host the reunion at his house in Baltimore, had died, and [...]

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Memorial Day Thoughts — 2009

As I sat down to write about my Memorial Day feelings, I could hear the TV behind me recording a military funeral in some remote place, and I could recognize the bugle tune of the mournful Taps. A flood of memories flowed, as did the tears, which I couldn’t restrain. The ceremony was for a [...]

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