I was very fortunate to be asked to be the pediatrician at this wonderful Marine Base in Havelock, NC. For me it was just right between New Bern and Morehead City, 17 miles each way. We had rebuilt Shirely's old home place on Brice's Creek about 5 years before. A small condo at Atlantic Beach had been a get away place for nearly 30 years.
I was to bridge the gap until another retired USAF peds could come. Those 10 months were busy and challenging as re military medicine and the Computer which kicked my butt for nearly 3-4 weeks, but it was good for me, later using the same system at Tripler a year later. My CO was the best person possible: Captain John Burgess, not just because he was a double Wake Forest graduate, under grad and Med School, but a super CO, fair, helpful, directive and in command without overbearing. Of all that I miss about Cherry Point, he is missed the most. Here are some pics of that memorable year.
Wonderful pictures! Thanks for sharing.
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