This soldier has has PTSD and wants to bring closure for himself by locating this special nurse who gave him the will to live.

Any assistance in locating this nurse, or pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

When we got there in Dec. 1971, every building in the area was totally deserted. Totally intact, but no Americans within 100 miles, except a hand full of us American Advisors. All hell broke lose on March 30, 1972, when the NVA surprised us, and the World, by coming across the DMZ only 2-3 miles away. We held out for 2 days, and got orders to escape and evade to the coast...but thank God the choppers came at the last minute and saved us.

For the few months we were there, we enjoyed everything you left behind. We surrounded the small compound with wire/bunkers/watch towers, etc...and sweated blood everything night waiting for an attack. When we found out the choppers were coming to take us out, Col. Metcalf gave the order to destroy everything we could. We had been under constant artillery fire for two days and took several hits, so there was not much to destroy. We mainly use thermite gernades to burn everything down. We put sand in the tanks of the generators and turned them on high and ran like hell.

I remember using my M16 to shoot up the Officer/EM combined Club....bottles were flying every where. The mess hall had taken a direct hit and food was every where.I just remember the syrup...it was everywhere and we where cleaning our boots off when the choppers came in. What a heck of way to leave your beautiful hospital.

We lost two advisors, one came in by chopper from Camp Evans. We placed him in the operating room...but we did not have any medics and he died from his wounds. Two weeks later, I went with a small team and walk thru the compound to check things out and look for any bodies of Americans. The entire place had been sacked by the NVA Army looking for loot. To make sure they got nothing of value, our higher headquarters had a B52 bombing raid over the entire base a week later.

I have belonged to a Vietnam Veterans Group (Called Freedom Birds) here in Id.Falls since 1984, I am a past President of the group. Even though this group was made up of all ex- military men, they asked me to join because of my affliation with Vietnam and the soldiers.

We just published a 300+ page book honoring the Idaho's 45,000 Vietnam Veterans who served and the state 251 causalities.

We have been told by our U.S. State Sentor that our book is the nation's first comprehensive, statewide account of the veterans'stories from Vietnam. I worked on this book since 1990 and am honored to have been able to pay tribute to these brave men. Name of this book is "Reasons to Remember".

I seek contact with any ex-service personnel, entertainers, journalists or others from that period in Vietnam who remember having seen me on stage or in person. This is for my own healing as well as for the book and my play, "This is a War Zone, Baby -- Improvise!".

I am a member of the Vietnam Veterans’ Association of Australia, South Australian Branch Inc. and the Returned and Services League (RSL). Since coming out of the woodwork in October 1995, I have had some very moving encounters with Australian ex-servicemen. Some have told me that it was having contact with entertainers in Vietnam that raised their spirits and in some cases, kept them from committing suicide. Many Americans I've met on the net and in person have expressed the same feelings.

I am one of the numerous entertainers who experienced Vietnam and the war very differently from what is portrayed in the media. This book is an as yet untold account of part of the war. Some people I met in Vietnam have had a significantly positive influence over various aspects of my life.

As I don’t have any photographs of my time in ‘Nam (I burned the few I did have in the erroneous belief that my memories would vanish with the photos), I am also seeking copies of photos of me that anybody may have. It’s a long time ago, but there were thousands of photos taken of me there – some must have survived.

My name is now Aviva Sheb’a. On my passport (and on my in-country ID), my name was Vivienne Miriam Marsh. My stage name was Aviva, which is actually the name I was given at birth. Date of Birth: 21 May, 1952. I was with the group, The Sydney-Siders. I also did some shows with the group, The King’s Cross Capers. These troupes were both Australian, but we were employed by the agency, The Douglas Wolf Organisation, to entertain at the US military bases. We also performed for the Australians. We were not with the USO shows or those organised by the Australian Forces Overseas Fund (AFOF). I went to Thailand with the King’s Cross Capers on June 7, touring the US bases. I'd REALLY love to find a woman by the name of Dianne. Alas, I have no idea what her surname was, but she was also a dancer with the same groups. Other members of the Sydney-Siders -- Bruce Furney, (guitar, trumpet, vocals) Ralph Graham (guitar, vocals) Denise Cooper (singer) and I all met up in Sydney on Australian Vietnam Veterans' Day, August 18 this year! We all want to know how/where Dianne is -- WE LOVE YOU, DEE! What a blast that was!

Helen Nolan, who spent two years in Vietnam during the war (and who introduced me to this site), organised for us to lay a wreath at the Sydney Cenotaph for the Non-Combatants who died in VN, or who have died since due to their service there.

Others in the Sydney-Siders were Grahame Furney (he's living in London) and Jim Crowley. Very sadly, Jim passed away on St. Patrick's Day this year. Other members of the King's Cross Capers: Ron Blaskett, (ventriloquist -- his dolls were Gerry Gee and Adolphus Twirk), Ron McMurray (guitar, vocals), Paul Trevi (vocalist), George Gauci (drums), Sam D'Angelo (bass).

Some of my letters home to my parents actually arrived(!) and my mother kept them. Therefore I have some details of places I visited in Vietnam and approximate dates. At some bases, we did several shows.