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Nurses, including the founder of the Vietnam Nurses Memorial discuss their experiences. "We wrote to his parents and said that he had died with us holding his hand, and he was surrounded by nurses who cared about him..." Its always hard for me to look at these videos but it helps me to never forget.
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SFC William Farrell Not for me, thanks anyway. Please note, he was an SP4 with three years of Infantry service. The Army lost so many Soldiers coming from USAEUR, as he did early in their tours that an “acclimitization school’ (sp),?was later instituted.
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RIP SP4 John Hayden. Thanks for sharing CSM Charles Hayden, Im sorry for your loss.
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Angels all (except it's not a memorial to honor DD's - I'm not convinced they deserve to be honored alongside those nurses)
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CPT Jack Durish - Thanks for clarifying that Jack. I agree with you. While the Donut Dollies provided a valuable service in Vietnam, they were indeed civilians. Maybe we need a Vietnam Civilian Service Monument! My father had a friend who was an AP correspondent during the war. Whenever he came over to the house, we could not have the TV on.
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This is news to me: http://www.donutdollies.com/
The untold story of the American women who volunteered to go to Vietnam on an impossible mission: help the troops forget about the war. Our 2014 Kickstarter campaign successfully reached its goal, which allowed us to film the return of two Donut Dollies to Vietnam for the first time in 46 years - thanks to all who donated! If you'd like to make a tax deductible donation to help us finish this documentary through our post production phase,...
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Beautiful. I’ve told this story but not sure if I have here. One of my most poignant, and memorable, moments with the USO happened at about 22:00 as I was tidying up and getting ready to close the Boston/Logan USO lounge for the night.
We were located next to the escalator that brought passengers down to baggage claim. I saw a gentleman - quite tired and looking as if life hadn’t always given him the best hand. As he was walking by he stopped to look in.
I welcomed him at the door and said “hello”. He was a Vietnam Veteran (I didn’t feel the need to ask for an ID). He said “this is the first time I’ve been in a USO since the day I got out of boot camp at the Great Lakes before heading out to war.” We talked quietly and then his eyes started to tear up. He said “You know...you know ... I never thanked the nurses who were over there, they volunteered to go. None of us really thought about that...I never said ‘Thank You’”
Quietly I said “I guarantee you... they know...” he had to catch a bus to Maine and before he walked out of the USO I asked if he wanted a hug (yes) and said “welcome home”.
We were located next to the escalator that brought passengers down to baggage claim. I saw a gentleman - quite tired and looking as if life hadn’t always given him the best hand. As he was walking by he stopped to look in.
I welcomed him at the door and said “hello”. He was a Vietnam Veteran (I didn’t feel the need to ask for an ID). He said “this is the first time I’ve been in a USO since the day I got out of boot camp at the Great Lakes before heading out to war.” We talked quietly and then his eyes started to tear up. He said “You know...you know ... I never thanked the nurses who were over there, they volunteered to go. None of us really thought about that...I never said ‘Thank You’”
Quietly I said “I guarantee you... they know...” he had to catch a bus to Maine and before he walked out of the USO I asked if he wanted a hug (yes) and said “welcome home”.
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