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Vietnam War nurses : personal accounts of 18 Americans / Patricia Rushton.

Van Pelt Library DS559.44 .R87 2013
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Rushton, Patricia.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
United States. Army Nurse Corps.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Medical care.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Medical care.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American.
Military nursing.
History.
Armed Forces.
Nurses.
Vietnam.
United States.
United States. Army Nurse Corps--Biography.
United States. Army Nurse Corps--History--Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
United States--Armed Forces--Nurses--Biography.
Military nursing--United States--History--20th century.
Military nursing--Vietnam--History--20th century.
Genre:
Personal narratives -- American.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Physical Description:
v, 187 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2013.
Summary:
"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.
Contents:
Elizabeth R. Barker
Catherine (Kay) M. Bauer
Lou Ellen Bell
Karen Born
Mary Breed
Linda Caldwell
Alene B. Duerk
Merlan Owen Ellis
Lois Gay
Sandra Kirkpatrick Holmes
Lynn Calmes Kohl
Mitchel A. McDonald
Mary Lou Ostergren-Bruner
Ruth E. Purinton
Maria V. Rossi
Mary Ellen Warne
Harry A. Wesche
Odette P. Willis.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 183) and index.
ISBN:
9780786473526
0786473525
OCLC:
816564043

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