Physical description

Blue paperback book with title printed in white along the spine and front cover. There are four black and white photos of nurses tending wounded soldiers in white-bordered templates across the bottom of the cover.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

'Janice C. A. McCarthy' [Handwritten in blue ink on the first page]

Summary

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. The Story of fifty military nurses who served in Vietnam. -Trove