Summary
"Don't forget your cotton underwear, girls!" With little more than this sage advice, a total of 43 Australian Army nursing sisters were sent to Vietnam between April 1967 and November 1971.
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Book, Biedermann, Narelle, Tears On My Pillow: Australian Nurses in Vietnam. (Copy 1)
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