We heard how she saw intense action 50 years ago in two army field hospitals.
Today, she continues her conversation with KRCB news director Steve Mencher. She says that a book by a nurse who’d served in Vietnam convinced her that women, as well as men, came home transformed by their wartime experiences.
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Read about the book Home Before Morning, by Lynda Van Devanter.
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