He was a military flight surgeon from 1967 to 1977 and has served as visiting surgeon on medical missions all over the world including Peru, India, African, Turkey, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Sep 28, 2017 · Kushner was one of the people who did so with particular force. She was the wife of POW Harold Kushner, whose story is featured in the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick docu-series The …

Feb 15, 2018 · Hal Kushner, M.D., recounted his five and a half years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War to UAMS faculty, staff and students Feb. 7.

At the 1st Cav reunion DR Hal Kushner, who serve with 1/9 Cav, 1 Cav Div, in Vietnam, told the story of his service in Vietnam and his horrible ordeals, extreme pain and suffering and unflinching loyalty …

Jun 4, 2017 · Kushner was deployed to Vietnam in August 1967 as a flight surgeon for the 1st Squadron, 9th U.S. Cavalry, 1st Air Cavalry Division.

Dr. (COL) Hal Kushner (Ret.) volunteered to be flight surgeon of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division. As flight surgeons should, he flew numerous combat missions with Cav pilots. On …

Vietnam POW Hal Kushner letter to his wife and family ... I want you to know that I don't do this often. I was captured 2 Dec.1967, and returned to American control on 16 Mar.1973. For those of you good …

Feb 10, 2026 · Dr. Hal Kushner, a retired Army colonel, accepts a gift from graduating Tripler interns that was presented by Capt. Thomas Hoffman. Kushner did his medical internship at Tripler years ago.

Nov 19, 2017 · Kushner, a medical doctor, not a military man, was a long time captive of a Viet Cong unit inside South Vietnam where many POWs died of disease, starvation, beatings and executions.

In 1967, Hal Kushner deployed to Vietnam as an Army Flight Surgeon. Months later, during a dark and rainy evening, he was aboard a helicopter that crashed into the side of a mountain. On Dec. 2, he …