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Officer, Nurse, Woman: The Army Nurse Corps in the Vietnam War

Officer, Nurse, Woman: The Army Nurse Corps in the Vietnam War

Vuic, Kara Dixon

Paperback

Series: War/Society/Culture

Medical Reference20th Century United States HistoryGeneral Gender Studies

ISBN10: 1421404443
ISBN13: 9781421404448
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: Aug 1 2011
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

'I never got a chance to be a girl, ' Kate O'Hare Palmer lamented, thirty-four years after her tour as an army nurse in Vietnam. Although proud of having served, she felt that the war she never understood had robbed her of her innocence and forced her to grow up too quickly. As depicted in a photograph taken late in her tour, long hours in the operating room exhausted her both physically and mentally. Her tired eyes and gaunt face reflected th e weariness she felt after treating countless patients, some dying, some maimed, all, like her, forever changed. Still, she learned to work harder and faster than she thought she could, to trust her nursing skills, and to live independently. She developed a way to balance the dangers and benefits of being a woman in the army and in the war. Only fourteen months long, her tour in Vietnam profoundly affected her life and her beliefs.

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