Download or read book Vietnam War Nurses at the Ready written by Patricia Rushton and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume of accounts by nurses who served with U.S. forces in Vietnam presents recollections of 17 women who cared for American casualties. They faced overwhelming trauma, conflicting emotions and isolation while caring for wounded at frontline hospitals, aboard ships and in medical centers. Representing the army and navy, their experiences of struggle, friendship and love formed their professional and personal lives.