Dusty's Memoirs
~Creative Nonfiction by an Army Nurse Corps
Veteran, Republic of Vietnam
| PTSD
For me the most difficult part of being a woman Vietnam veteran with PTSD has
been the unremitting sense of isolation.
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Nixon
Since Mr. Nixon ran in '68 on a platform of getting us out of the war, and since
almost half of the names on the Wall were put there during his administration, he
certainly took his sweet time getting us out.
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| A Letter to Newt
Just as many people who haven't been in Vietnam have difficulty dealing with the
subject, it appears that some people who have never had a period seem equally
uncomfortable with that subject.
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My "Welcome Home"
As I wobbled down the jetway in my unaccustomed pumps, my stateside stockings
scraping my thighs, I longed for the crumpled green fatigues and combat boots that had
been my constant companions for a year.
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| Helping
Someone to Die
When you are sitting there working on someone
in the middle of the night and it's a nineteen-year-old kid who's ten
thousand miles from home and you know that he's going to die before dawn-
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more . . .]
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My Vietnam Related Websites:
Women in
Vietnam ~ Not only nurses served . . .
Dusty's Home
Page ~ Poetry and prose by a woman who was a nurse in Vietnam
Emily's
Poetry ~ By a Red Cross Donut Dolly
Battle
Dressing ~ The Journey of a Nurse in Vietnam
Tim
O'Brien's Home Page ~ National Book Award Winner and Americal Vet
Shrapnel in
the Heart ~ The most moving book you will read on Vietnam
The
Irish on the Wall ~ An effort to locate the Irish who died in Vietnam
Project Hearts
and Minds ~ Help put Viet Nam back together
All About
Vietnam ~ An annotated bibliography of books about Vietnam for sale
thru Amazon Worldwide!
Photos
from a Holts' Military History Tour ~ My trip to Vietnam, February 1998
Illinois
Vietnam Women's Memorial ~ Honoring all the Illinois women who served
My Other Websites:
Chicago
Theatre Z - A ~ This is the best theater town in the country!
Writers
Theatre of Chicago ~ And this is the best theater in town
Literature
of the Korean War ~ Don't let the literature be forgotten
Poetry
of the First World War ~ Owen, Hardy and others
Samuel
Pepys ~ One of my favorite authors
Gil
Thorp ~ THE Coach
Maybe
Later . . . ~ My Creative Nonfiction
Chi-COW-go
~ Cowz plus Commentary (this used to be a cow town)
Graham
Fulton, Scottish Poet ~ Charles Manson Auditions for the Monkees
Soccer
Literature ~ I'm a fan and I read
O'Leary Lantern ~
Fire! Fire! Fire!
Other Important Websites:
PreviewPort.com
~ Connecting Authors and Writers Worldwide
Remember
Oklahoma City ~ Civil Service and Military Employees will never forget
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