2 hours before R & R Steve had his appendix out

A Medic asked me why I was doubled up next to a wall waiting for my R & R flight. I told him I had some "pain". He promised to take me to 3rd field hospital, have me checked out and would return me to the flight line. 10 minutes after arriving at 3rd field I was being taken to surgery. They considered something other than appendicitous and cut me wide open. So this is my 8 inch "appendix" scar.....