American Medical Association Features OML in Its Online Version of "News"

Providing Texts to Teach Anatomy and Medicine in Taliban-torn Countries

The American Medical Association published an Aug. 25 article in its online version of American Medical News on Operation Medical Libraries, a partnership between medical schools at UCLA, UCSD and UCI, hospitals, physicians and the U.S. military, to collect and distribute medical textbooks and journals to support the medical community in Afghanistan and Iraq. Valerie Walker, director of the UCLA Medical Alumni Association, which launched the project, was quoted.

“Tons of Donated Medical Texts Sent to War Zones in Afghanistan and Iraq”

To read the article, copy and paste the following URL into any Web browser.
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2008/08/25/prl20825.htm

San Antonio Air Force "Angels" Give Boxes of Books Their Wings

Photos courtesy of Frank F. Montalvo, Lt. Col., U.S. Army (Ret) and UCLA '51 graduate

With the help of angels stationed in Randolph Air Force Base deep in the heart of Texas, UCLA alumnus and retired U.S. Army officer, Frank F. Montalvo sorted, packed and shipped 350 pounds of medical textbooks and journals donated by the UT Medical Library. (Ret) Lt. Col. Montalvo is an American hero! At 80 years of age, he and his wife (who he met at UCLA) finds the time and energy to do service that enriches the lives of others, including our troops and their mission.

A special salute to TSgt Tony Garcia USAF 205th RCAC Mentor in Afghanistan and SMSgt Gary Scott at Randolph Air Force Base for recruiting the AF angels who used their muscle to give the 11 boxes of books their "wings." In two weeks, the books/journals should arrive in Afghanistan. Now, that is something to smile about!