July 21, 2024: Army Nurses in Vietnam & NVBDC Highlight

This week we share an interview from VVA Veteran “Dispatches” series, hosted by Marc Leepson.

In this episode, Vietnam War veteran Diane Carlson Evans, who served as a U.S. Army nurse in Vietnam and later was the driving force behind the Vietnam Women’s Memorial, discusses her intense tour of duty; her adjustment problems after she came home; the amazing story of her successful fight to have a memorial to the American women who served in the Vietnam War installed on the National Mall in our Nation’s Capital; and much more.

For the full interview, visit the VVA Veteran Dispatches Archive.

Marc Leepson also interviewed author Kristin Hannah about “The Women,” her new novel, which shot to the top of all the bestseller lists when it came out February 6 and has remained there ever since. It’s the compelling story of a young woman who joins the Army Nurse Corps at twenty and within months finds herself in just about the worst that war can offer in an evac hospital in South Vietnam—as well as what she faced after coming home from the war. The full interview can also be found on the archive.

We thank VVA Veteran Dispatches for sharing these interviews for our Veterans Radio audience!

Host Dale Throneberry also talks with Jim Cowper of the NVBDC for our monthly NVBDC Council Highlight.

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