Vietnam War nurses
Subtitle: personal accounts of 18 Americans
By: Patricia Rushton
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Jefferson, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780786473526
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Medical care; American Personal narratives; Biography; History; Armed Forces; Nurses; Military nursing; United States. Army Nurse Corps; United States
Description: "Eighteen nurses who served in the United States military nurse corps present their personal accounts in this book. They represent all military branches and both genders. They speak of patriotism, belief in a greater power, the gaining of knowledge about the nursing profession and themselves, of persecution and discrimination, of travel and the adventure of friendship and love"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 183) and index.
Table of contents: title: Elizabeth R. Barker; title: Catherine (Kay) M. Bauer; title: Lou Ellen Bell; title: Karen Born; title: Mary Breed; title: Linda Caldwell; title: Alene B. Duerk; title: Merlan Owen Ellis; title: Lois Gay; title: Sandra Kirkpatrick Holmes; title: Lynn Calmes Kohl; title: Mitchel A. McDonald; title: Mary Lou Ostergren-Bruner; title: Ruth E. Purinton; title: Maria V. Rossi; title: Mary Ellen Warne; title: Harry A. Wesche; title: Odette P. Willis.