One year later after he had again joined the Navy. Dr. Dooley gained international fame as the only medical officer to care for some 2.000 northern Vietnamese refugees. The problem of feeding and providing sanitary facilities for such a large number are described by the doctor in his book. "Deliver Us From Evil." That same year Dr. Dooley was transferred to the port city of Haiphong. In the 8 months that he served in that city before it fell to the Communist Viet Minh. Dr. Dooleys camps cared for more than 600.000 refugees. In 1956 Dr. Dooley resigned from the Navy to establish a small private medical mobile unit which he took with him to Laos.
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