ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The following medical professionals were of tremendous assistance, as the expertise represented by their various specialties contributed to the technical accuracy of the text.

Rose Akers, R.N. MSN

Steve Barnes, M.D.—Piedmont Orthopaedic Complex,Macon, Georgia

A. Scott Coffee, Pharm.D.

Glenn Dorner

Konrad Hell, Prof. Dr. Med.—Basel, Switzerland

Richard A. Knutson, M.D.—Delta Medical Center,Greenville, Mississippi

A.A. McMurray, Sr., M.D.

The photographs used in this book were contributed by the following individuals. Their photographs were indispensable, as they bring about a greater understanding of the narrative.

Rose Akers, R.N. MSN

C.V. Allmark—Tribal Refugee Welfare in Southeast Asia, Mirrabooka Western Australia

James Byron Dawson, M.D.—Deputy Director of the Division of Forensic Science/The Georgia Bureau of Investigation

Glenn Dorner

Shirley B. Fordham—Chief Forensic Photographer of the Division of Forensic Science/The Georgia Bureau of Investigation

Gerald T. Gowitt, M.D.—Chief Medical Examiner for Hall and Henry Counties, Georgia

Richard A. Knutson, M.D.—Delta Medical Center, Greenville, Mississippi

D.E. Rossey

Ronnie Stuart—Coroner, Henry County, Georgia

Hugh Wood—Australia

The gifted hands of Gary Elliott and Denise Chung produced artwork for this book when available photographs would have failed to give the reader a complete understanding of a topic.

Lynn Fulop and Kathy Shuman’s methodical and professional arrangement of sentence format allowed the manu script to move from subject to subject in a clear, concise manner.

Scott Coffee (library research), John Cannon (subject of many staged photographs), Karen Coffee (photographer), Mike Mitchell (photographer and photographic development), Gary Elliott (artwork), and D.E. Rossey (military historian) deserve special acknowledgment for their enthusiastic and steadfast commitment to this project.