University of Pennsylvania Press

Women at War: The Story of Fifty Military Nurses Who Served in Vietnam, Paperback/Elizabeth Norman

Description Norman tells the dramatic story of fifty women--members of the Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurse Corps--who went to war, working in military hospitals, aboard ships, and with air evacuation squadrons during the Vietnam War. Here, in a moving narrative, the women talk about why they went to war, the experiences they had while they were there, and how war affected them physically, emotionally, and spiritually.