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What a powerful poem
David H. Roche <droche@relex.com>
Auburn, NY USA - Tuesday, December 30, 1997 at 20:40:20 (CST)
Dusty, I was never in Vietnam, or any war really. I belong to one of the few
generations that never had a war to fight in. But if you read these words, please write to
me. Your poem touched my heart, and I would like the chance to correspond. God bless.
Jen <jade_rose14@hotmail.com>
CO USA - Tuesday, December 30, 1997 at 20:34:12 (CST)
dusty, i believe that thru it all there were angels that had to fly to close to the
ground.to this day i have a rememberance of a nurse at the 12th evac hospital that when i
read your poem it reminded me of her .she was a major. i don't remember her name but the
face is etched in my mind and in my soul. if it weren't for the angels that were there a
lot of us wouldn't have made it back.if ever there was a time you were needed it was then
and stillyet now. i hope your life is long and fruitful,and when i say your were one of
the special angels that god blessed us with know that you and your other members of that
noble duty you performed is never forgotten. bless and keep you always R.A. Kinney
robert kinney <rakinney@mindless.com>
bethany , ok USA - Tuesday, December 30, 1997 at 15:24:13 (CST)
Dusty, Love your work. Keep writing. Joe Mishler
Joseph M. Mishler <JMM1967@aol.com>
Flint, MI USA - Monday, December 29, 1997 at 22:19:50 (CST)
Dusty, I served with Cobra Co. 1/327 101st Airborne from 66 through 67 and never
realized their were Angels like you there. After reading and listening to
"David" I wish all my fallen comrades could have spent their last moments with
you. As of this moment you will forever be in my prayers. God Bless You. David J.
David J. Markham <davidj@velocity.net>
Erie, PA USA - Wednesday, December 24, 1997 at 07:09:31 (CST)
Dusty-I just thought I'd check out your Guestbook and again I realized what impact your
writing has and the lessons you are sharing to non-veterans. I've known and admired you
for years and feel privileged to call you a friend. As much as we have been through and
the time we have shared, I still am in awe of your courage, your passion and your
insights. Thanks again for helping me turn Vietnam from the most destructive force in my
life to one of helping others heal, learn and start to understand what our costs really
were. I love you more than ever. Soup
Soup Campbell <Souprvn69@aol.com>
Glassboro, NJ USA - Saturday, December 20, 1997 at 22:05:53 (CST)
Dear Dusty I will be at heavens gate whether on time or a little late walk across a
soft white cloud be ever humble and not proud. I am sure there is a room for Dusty
reserved in th mansion!
Ronnie Clark <rc871394@oak.cats.ohiou.edu>
Chauncey , Oh USA - Saturday, December 20, 1997 at 01:54:19 (CST)
"Hello David" could have been my brother (Cpl. Stephen E. Austin, 1/27
Marines). Words fall short when I think of this. Thank you!
Allen Austin <allena@tcoe.k12.ca.us>
Porterville, CA USA - Thursday, December 18, 1997 at 18:19:11 (CST)
Dear Dusty, I was looking up Vietnam war poems for english class and I was very touched
by your poems Sincerly Amanda
Amanda M <Amandak82@aol.com>
woodbury, mn USA - Tuesday, December 16, 1997 at 21:53:02 (CST)
Excellent work, I think reading your work has only made clearer the waste caused by
war. Having read oral histories of veterans of the Viet Nam War, your poetry added another
dimension to the materials I have already read. I think you say so much that other people
just cannot even bring themselves to say. Thankyou for sharing your poems with us.
Salud,
DJ
DJ <djwatermelon@geocities.com>
Adelaide, South AUstralia Australia - Thursday, December 11, 1997 at 23:54:22 (CST)
My Dear Dusty, Just a note to say thanks for the treatment I received while in the 85th
Evac Hospt in Qui Nhon in early June 1968. I know it may not have been you who touched my
life forever, but it was a nurse who showed me tenderness and love when I needed it most.
We will always be brother and sister Vets and our bond is only known through our
expierences in the war. I also suffer from PTSD and for all those years I felt so hopeless
and lost, sitting under a poncho in the rain all alone was the only healing I knew. I
always felt the guilt of comming home in one piece, while some of my friends never made it
home. Last Nov 1996 I finally began to get help for my PTSD and slowly some of the wounds
are going away. Your poems are beautiful. Take Care my friend. Love Always Chuck
Chuck Kwapil <eckwap@theonramp.net>
Racine, Wi USA - Thursday, December 11, 1997 at 21:00:21 (CST)
Your poetry section really helped me alot on my research on World War I. Thanks
alot!
Erica Anderson <Kandy15@hotmail.com>
Farm by Lloydminster, AB Canada - Monday, December 08, 1997 at 18:38:40 (CST)
"SEX AND TOBACCO" Oil spills,contaminated water,lab sample analiysis, damaged
animals,additionally dumped waste products in the hot mornining sand
Travis Ray Cole <strictnine-one-one>
chicago, il USA - Saturday, December 06, 1997 at 01:04:24 (CST)
Hi Dusty, I just got back into this viet nam thing when i was introduced to the
internet. I thought i experienced it all until i read your points of view. Yes, my war was
different, carried buddies out of the jungle, put them on the choppers. Then had the
unfortunate job of training 11D (scouts) at Ft Knox. and then reading their names in the
Army Times on the casualty page. Now am corresponding with a woman who I believe who
suffers ptsd just through a short relationship with a vet. She was born about the end of
the war 71 or 72, but is another victim. But, thanks for helping me to see another side.
doug 1-16 Inf 1st Inf Div Lai Khe 65-66. God Bless You!
doug scott <scott.doug@mailexcite.com>
madison, al USA - Thursday, December 04, 1997 at 08:32:09 (CST)
I fell in love with your poem "Hello, David" in 1988 when I first saw it at
The Wall. When I wrote my new book I told my publisher about it. I sent her a copy of it
and she cried when she read it. I hope you will allow me to use it in my new book,
Potpourri Of War: Labors of Love Remembered.
Noonie Fortin <NFortin@aol.com>
Wichita, KS USA - Wednesday, December 03, 1997 at 09:12:57 (CST)
I am a Reserve Navy Nurse, served aboard USS Repose off the coast of Vietnam Jan 66 to
Jan 67. Your poem, "Hello, David" was sent to me by a friend of a
friend...welcome home to all of us!
Maureen Doherty Sandall Holtzman <maureen.holtzman@mail.mei.com>
Severna Park, MD USA - Tuesday, December 02, 1997 at 14:26:48 (CST)
Dusty- i am doing my senior thesis project on the female nurses who served in Vietnam.
Information is hard to come by..i was browsing through the internet and found your site. i
enjoyed reading some of your works, and i am thoroughly amazed eaxh time i read a personal
narrative or poem about the experiences women had during and after vietnam. I just wanted
to thank you for sharing. hopefully my thesis will hwlp to pass some experiences and
memories of the women who served..even if it is just at my college. :) have a wonderful
day! La Shay
La Shay Adamson <adamsonl@hartwick.edu>
oneonts, ny USA - Monday, December 01, 1997 at 20:57:05 (CST)
Dear Dusty: I was a Marine and so I probably never came in contact with you. I was
wounded and other good people like you cared for me just like you did for others. I
wouldn't admit my PTSD until 1996. You've touched me and helped me heal with your words.
Thank you. Semper Fi!
Andrew M. Stern <stern@ontheramp.net>
Ft. Thomas, KY USA - Sunday, November 30, 1997 at 19:16:27 (CST)
Dear Dusty, You are so lucky to beable to put your thoughts on paper. Your words are
what I feel, but can not express. Thank you for letting the world know that we are
suffering as well. God Bless Colleen Thurgar Royal Australian Army Nursing Service Vung
Tau 1967-68
Colleen Thurgar <FIREBRAND@interact.net.au>
CANBERRA, ACT AUSTRALIA - Friday, November 28, 1997 at 01:00:55 (CST)
Dusty I have loved reading your writings. I have only heard of what the men went
through. Now I am seeing the other side. I am going to do some writings and if you would
not mind I would like to talk to you. Stay strong as I know you must be a strong
worman.
Alice <ALYKATT68>
Charlotte, NC USA - Monday, November 24, 1997 at 21:52:48 (CST)
The pain is less, knowing that others like you feel that untouchable ache deep in our
souls. I don't have the dreams anymore, and I don't cry as often. But when I do it helps a
lot. Your words brought the tears again, and soothed my scars. There are so many kinds of
pain. Seldom do people think of the "other" losses caused by our efforts in
Vietnam. Consider the loss of my little girl with heffer red hair and my infant son with
locks of fresh straw...to "Jody"...they too were casualities of war, and my
inability to put family ahead of "the sound of guns" in my 201 file. When the
emotion wells up, contact me, I will hold you in my arms for as long as you need, and cry
with you.
Roy Fouts <fouro@jax-inter.net>
Atlantic Beach, FL USA - Monday, November 24, 1997 at 07:37:29 (CST)
Mi curandera del alma! How come I did not know anything of you, just until now, besides
you are a Reconstructionist? I will write you again . . . Gerardo
Gerardo Mario Laksman <104647.3266@compuserve.com>
Montreal-Laval, QC Canada - Saturday, November 22, 1997 at 11:55:54 (CST)
I think what you are doing is great I never knew there was this much stuff on Vietnam.
I was looking for information for a thesis paper I am doing on Army Nurses of Vietnam.
Thank you so much!
Amy Robinson <shook@empire.net>
Raymond, NH USA - Thursday, November 20, 1997 at 20:00:05 (CST)
I sit here and read all that you, and others like you went through. I don't know how
you still have your sanity. The things that I read brought me to tears and reality. It
aslo sparked my writing interest again. Maybe one day I will share with you what you have
inspired me to write. I hope this finds you and all of the many others safe and warm
Alice <Dixyroz@aol.com>
Charlotte, NC USA - Wednesday, November 19, 1997 at 10:09:54 (CST)
Thank you is not enough for the sacrifices that were made by people like yourself. I
lost 5 friends over there. I lost my cousin over there. My husband came home with 2 purple
hearts. People like you were there for them. God Bless you and Welcome Home. If you get a
chance stop by Reflections of Vietnam. We would be honored to have you.
Lois Adams <mrsyat@mindspring.com>
York, Pa USA - Tuesday, November 18, 1997 at 16:31:45 (CST)
Dusty, I was In Country with the Amedical Div 70-71. Like many others I saw pain and
suffering like I never saw before nad hopefully I will never see again. However, I was
able to get away from it as it was not my job to take care of those who were wounded and
dying. You and all of the nurses who took care of our brothers and sisters could not get
away from it other than for a few short hours. You have my undying respect and gratitude
for doing a job that no one was envious of and that you did with such love. I am attaching
a URL for the first memorial in the nation that specifically honored the women who served
in Viet Nam. This fall we celebrated the tenth anniversary of it's dedication.
http://grunt.space.swri.edu/lansdon.htm Welcome Home!! Art
Art Hanley <ahanley@cloud9.net>
Brewster, NY USA - Tuesday, November 18, 1997 at 10:22:41 (CST)
reached your home page out of curiosity,and know about the incountry womens group. very
interesting. i was a grunt /9th infantry sw of saigon, near cambodia. 1968-1968 so i was
there. appreciation and applause is long overdue for the ladies who were there in all
capacities. i read your articles about Nixon--truth that i knew when i was there. you did
really put your heart into the Newt article, absolutely loved it. it galds me when these
buffoons speak about what they know nothing. from me and my family thanks.
troy abercrombie <lifeimages@mindspring.com>
lilburn, ga USA - Tuesday, November 18, 1997 at 09:59:27 (CST)
G'day Dusty, Just a short word of thanks from an old "Digger".
Ross Cummins <byteryte@powerup.com.au>
Brisbane, Qld Australia - Sunday, November 16, 1997 at 22:03:21 (CST)
You were in Vietnam; I was in a classroom teaching. Later in a community college in the
NC mountains, I taught vets returning from the war, struggling to re-make their place. Now
my youngest daughter is in college, studying to be a nurse at Lenoir-Rhyne College in
Hickory, NC. She is working on project - Nurses in Vietnam - and found your site. Your
writing has made real for her a life that up to now has been only words in history books
and science texts. Thank you.
Bobbye Goldenberg <bobbyeg@kingadm.senecac.on.ca>
King City, ON Canada - Wednesday, November 12, 1997 at 15:27:48 (CST)
You were in Vietnam; I was in a classroom teaching. Later in a community college in the
NC mountains, I taught vets returning from the war, struggling to re-make their place. Now
my youngest daughter is in college, studying to be a nurse at Lenoir-Rhyne College in
Hickory, NC. She is working on project - Nurses in Vietnam - and found your site. Your
writing has made real for her a life that up to now has been only words in history books
and science texts. Thank you.
Bobbye Goldenberg <bobbyeg@kingadm.senecac.on.ca>
King City, ON Canada - Wednesday, November 12, 1997 at 15:27:07 (CST)
Dusty, I found your page while looking for something for Veterans Day for our classes.
I am the ABE (Adult Basic Education) Supervisor. Your page is wonderful! We have some
students young enough who do not remember or even know about, or understand the Vietnam
war. I especially like the poem about David. I would like your permission to print out
your poems you have on your page. We do not have computers with the internet in our
classroom. I believe your poems are a wonderful teaching tool. I couldn't be there, but
reading your poems puts me there - I want the students to have the same experience.
Brenda Parish <parishb@ten-nash.ten.k12.tn.us>
USA - Tuesday, November 11, 1997 at 15:00:06 (CST)
Dusty, thanks for bringing all our sisters to the Memorial Day Writers' Project tent
this Veterans Day weekend; I am still trying to absorb it and at a loss for words. It is
always wonderful to have you with us at the Wall and this time was the most memorable if
only because of the numbers, the quality of the voices and the beauty of the stories and
poems. We invite all our sisters and brothers to join us at the Wall every Memorial Day
and Veterans Day. Blessings on you and the ladies, Dusty, and keep on keepin' on. Love the
"page". Mike McDonell, Memorial Day Writers' Project
Mike McDonell <MMcdon5808@aol.com>
USA - Monday, November 10, 1997 at 20:51:13 (CST)
Dusty: A year at Utapao in 70 & 71 and had a short 5 month trip in 72. Those BUFs
still send a chill down my spine. I learned about you some years ago. I learned a few
things about love in the years following and haven't hit no draft dodgers since 86. I have
asked my partners here to name a street in Glenmary East Subdivision here in Louisville,
KY "Dusty" in honor of you, my deceased mother - a nurse - and all nurses. Don't
know if they will do it cuz I'm a little fish. Wes Kendall ("A Touching Moment")
would like me to send his regards if he had the chance. I'll tell him I signed on to your
page.
Tony Niemann <tniemann@venus.net>
Louisville, KY USA - Monday, November 10, 1997 at 01:27:58 (CST)
Thank you for sharing your poems. I want to tell what your poem "Hello,
David" means to me, but I can't find the words. Finally, I found someone who knows
the pain I felt and still do feel. God Bless you Dusty.
Chris <weis0005@algonquinc.on.ca>
Canada - Saturday, November 08, 1997 at 20:47:01 (CST)
Dusty: I found your page by accident and dissolved into tears. You, and those like you
mean more to me than you can ever really understand. I am here -- because you were there.
I went through the 18th Surge, 65th Evac, 6th Convalescent, and home. I have no real words
to describe my own thankfulness, nor the deep respect those of us at the dirty end of the
stick feel for you. Our war, nasty as it was, was a part time thing. We went to the woods,
we came back to camp, we went to the woods, etc. Yours was there every day, day in and day
out. I don't know how you did it. I can assure you though, that, every day of your tour,
someone fell in love with you and has carried your image with him in his heart ever since.
Chuck Gutzman <chuckgutrzman@Worldnet.att.net>
Middleton, ID USA - Wednesday, November 05, 1997 at 10:00:42 (CST)
Thanks for taking the time and effort sharing your thoughts and experiences. I was two
weeks from going to 3rd MARDIV, stop over to NAM, when my orders were changed for Swamp
LeJeune. God certainly was looking out for me. Let's keep the memory alive!
SLupusE@hotmail.com
Milton, FL USA - Monday, November 03, 1997 at 11:24:38 (CST)
Dusty 30 yrs after being with the infantry in Nam, I found myself on an operating table
at a VA hopital, something went bad wrong and I slipped back to Nam and things got
ugly,everyone but one nurse was scared and paniced,she said let me have him, I've been
where he is now and can bring him home,she craddled my head and whispered to me that she
would protect me while I came home, I cried for the first time in those 30 yrs. Thanks
Dusty for being one nurses that was there. Jim 1st Inf Div,65-66
Jim Walker <ettawalk@transport.com>
Fossil, Or USA - Monday, November 03, 1997 at 00:08:04 (CST)
Hi Dusty - I read "David" the first time about 6 years ago, when I bought a
copy of "Visions of War, Dreams of Peace". (The first person I knew to leave for
Vietnam was named David.) It's the one I most remember from the book. Some of my poetry is
on the Vietnam Veterans Homepage - if you have the time to look at it, I'd be honored.
"No One Died Alone" was printed in Leatherneck Magazine this October. I didn't
serve in VN, but lots of friends and my ex did. My son is now an Army Sgt. in Germany.
Your poems are very powerful. Best to you. Christina
Christina Sharik <shark97@gte.net>
St. Petersburg, FL USA - Sunday, November 02, 1997 at 16:24:45 (CST)
Thanks!!
Ernie DiRocco <vnam66@aol.com
namvet66@prodigy.net>
Warwick, RI USA - Thursday, October 30, 1997 at 21:52:21 (CST)
Dear Dusty, The first time I read "Dear David" I cried, it still brings tears
to my eyes. Some of your other poems are also very moving. Thanks for sharing. I have also
written some poetry - more for emotional healing than anything else. I noticed that
someone mentioned "survivor guilt" and that is what causes me pain. Welcome Home
and Thanks again! John Freeman, A Co,227th AHB,1st CAV, '70-'71.
John Freeman <JMFvietvet@aol.com>
Virginia Beach, VA USA - Tuesday, October 28, 1997 at 21:54:33 (CST)
Dear Dusty, I want to tell you that I am very grateful that you and all the other
nurses were there to give comfort and aid to the young men we sent to a far away place
called Viet Nam. I lost my dad there in 1970 and a very dear friend in 1971. Though they
were beyond your care I know that had they been brought to you or any of the others they
would have received special care and love. For all the hands you held and brows you wiped
I Thank You. The nurses of that time and place should all be remembered and I know hold a
special place in the heart of many men.
Debby <JEDEER@aol.com>
Bakersfield, CA USA - Sunday, October 26, 1997 at 23:05:16 (CST)
Words are such a poor medium of expression... Aren't they? I think that you have
transcended the medium. Richard White C Troop, 3/5 Cav Dong Ha/Quang Tri 1971 D Co, 1/502d
Inf (AMBL), Phu Bai 1971-72
Richard White <rwhite@pone.com>
Tallahassee, FL USA - Saturday, October 25, 1997 at 00:02:41 (CDT)
hello. i am a senior nursing at the university of iowa and i have come across your poem
on several occasions researching for my senior paper. there is not much i can say because
i cannot imagine what nurses went through during the war, but i want to thank you and all
the female veterans who served during the was not only for what you did for the country
but for what you did for nursing and what you made nursing for me today. i salute you.
thanks mitch dotson
mitch dotson <mdotson@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
iowa city, ia USA - Sunday, October 19, 1997 at 15:54:39 (CDT)
I found your page today and relived a lot of old memories of my husband (we were
married from 1967 until he died in 1995), a VietNam veteran. Thanks for the poems.
L.Y. Coleman
USA - Sunday, October 19, 1997 at 15:13:35 (CDT)
Dusty, I'm an acting student in grade 12. For my project on war I'm going to present
one of your many touching poems. I especially took a liking to "Hello, David".
You must have suffered tremendous pain and anguish, you truly are a great woman and an
excellent poet!. Thanks!
Lee-Ann Rowan <marval2@direct.ca>
Vancouver, BC, Canada - Sunday, October 19, 1997 at 02:40:16 (CDT)
Request you look my book up on Internet (Amazon) and read review I wrote. WFR is a
novel that takes place in Nha Trang during 67-68. Two of the main characters in WFR are
members of an imaginary MASH unit. Shirley Shaw, a Vietnam vet, medical corps) loved the
book.If you would, please link me to your page.
Paul Michael Frazee <frazee@quiknet.com>
Citrus Heights, CA USA - Thursday, October 09, 1997 at 19:05:13 (CDT)
Dusty, this brings tears and happiness to my eyes, was in RVN 69-70. was a Helicopter
UH1-Huey, crewmember, and mechanic, 187th AHC Tay Ninh.. I saw my share of war, good bunch
of guys who gave their lives for the good old USA... God Bless you and you work, you are
an angel! Later!
Todd B Drachman <TDrachman@aol.com>
Cornelius, NC USA - Sunday, October 05, 1997 at 00:18:28 (CDT)
I never went to Vietnam but my younger brother did, It was a pleasure to have read your
works. A great friend of yours Roy22 who I met on the net told me of your page and I am so
glad to have had the opportunity to have visited here.You all did a wonderful job over
there.
Mary Holbeck <mholbeck@netski.net.au>
Brisbane, Qld Australia - Saturday, October 04, 1997 at 02:56:06 (CDT)
Dusty,I did my internship and residency at Brooke Army Medical Center from 69-73.
During my time at BAMC I was distressed by the number of young kids whose lives were
forever changed by their wounds. I learned so much of the horror of Viet Nam from
Patients, Doc and Nurses who had served in RVN. The horrow of war was laid before me-
although it was somewhat sanitized by the time they arrived at BAMC.I still remember
typical history : 18yo 11B MFB IRHA RVN (date). Initial (where), EVAC CZ Japan (DATE) BAMC
(DATE). A terrible trauma reduced to a few symbols. Almost no words. There were so many.I
first heard "David" driving to work 1987- MLK Blvd Chatanooga, TN on NPR-
Morning Edition. I cried.Had to stop the car. I immediately bought "Shrapnal in the
Heart". I still cry each and every time I read or talk about the poem.does your
poetry awaken a survivors guilt in me?THANX.
Charles M. Davis, MD <cdmdml@sowega.net>
Americus, GA USA - Wednesday, October 01, 1997 at 21:38:59 (CDT)
Dusty I served with D2/1 196th LIB 1/68 1/69 your Biographyhas many of the feelings
that I have you are not alone.Geoff
Geoffrey Davis <gdavis@iinc.com>
Albion, NY USA - Monday, September 29, 1997 at 15:00:25 (CDT)
Dusty, Hi my name is also Dusty which lead me to your page.You shed new light in places
where I had none. I am a teenager and know not that much of war. I am a poet and wish the
best for you and the rest of the world. Any one can e-mail me at;rfarned@HiWAAY.netThanks
for opening a new door and may God Almighty have grace on our genarationand the ones to
come.Sign,Dusty D.P. FarnedP.S. Shall we never forget that life itself is GRACE!
Dusty D.P. Farned <rfarned@HiWAAY.net>
Russellville, AL USA - Saturday, September 27, 1997 at 13:21:31 (CDT)
Darling Dusty,Thanks for being there then, and for being here now. You will always have
a special place in the heart of this VN Vet.C. Co., 3/22nd, 25th Inf. Div., Tay Ninh &
Dau Tieng, 1969-70
K. L. Minner <">"Ghost"
Solon, Ia USA - Wednesday, September 24, 1997 at 09:50:08 (CDT)
Dusty,Love ya, darlin', great site!
Robert Thornton <rthornto@acca.nmsu.edu>
USA - Tuesday, September 23, 1997 at 22:09:41 (CDT)
"DUSTY" having know you for some yrs now, and all your pain and suffering. It
is really a blessing reading ALL your poems here on your Home Page.I also got it through
the 3/4 Cav Links. Although we were at Cu Chi, at the same time, and I never knew you
then. I really feel blessed knowing you now.Tears come to my eyes, ever time I read
"David". Love Ya. God Bless, and may he always keep you in the palm of his
hands.
Roger A. McGill <C2JR@aol.com>
Chicago, IL USA - Thursday, September 11, 1997 at 15:08:24 (CDT)
Dusty..... I was there... I was wounded.... I was cared for by you and yours.... THANK
YOU!! Blackcat 27 (67-68) Hue CitadelMed evaced to Da Nang (Red Beach - China Beach) TET
1968.
Tom Pullen <blackcats@coasltalnet.com>
Fayetteville, NC USA - Thursday, September 11, 1997 at 06:31:09 (CDT)
in august of 68, at age 18, i woke up in the usmc med at dong ha, and saw a nurse
sitting next to my bed crying. on vet's day of 1987, as i was driving to work, someone
read your poem on NPR. i ran off the road into the ditch because i coudn't see the road.
dusty...were you talking to me? white rabbit...B/1/9, 1968
mike hutchison <mike oso@aol.com>
USA - Wednesday, August 27, 1997 at 22:38:24 (CDT)
I was too young to even remember about the Vietnam War (it makes me sick when I hear
people call it a "Conflict"), but in reading a lot about it, I never read much
about what you nurses went through. Thank you for sharing your experiences, thoughts and
feelings with all of us. You've given me a deeper understanding of what all you women went
through. You are true HEROS to me!
Lernie Beuler <MaryKay411@aol.com>
Garden Grove, CA USA - Wednesday, August 27, 1997 at 12:01:00 (CDT)
Dear Dusty, Well....as always, I am blown away by your powerful words and
images...especially like your poem about the Newtster...that idiot...Love ya, Duffy
Duffy <104400.733>
Harleysville, PA USA - Monday, August 25, 1997 at 13:31:09 (CDT)
Thank YOU And welcome home..Got to thank all you nurses there.. YOU brought me
home..Was med-a-vac back in 71..I was a searchlight opp from 70-71 B Btry 29th
Arty..Dusters,Quds, SearchlightMy jeeps nams were Flick IT, Ligthing BugAnd if it wasn't
for all you nurses , docs, and medics i would not be here THANK YOU ALL!!!!My name is on
the wall but i'm not there IM ALIVE AND KICKINGLove you all for the help... May GOD bless
you..Thank you again.. and a big kiss for the luck
Wayne Smith <murdock@iinc.com>
E. Bethany, NY USA - Friday, August 22, 1997 at 22:25:57 (CDT)
Hi Dusty. Hope to see you at the Wall Vet's Day. Got to you off the 3/4 CAV web page
Jerry Headley <jheadley@dcr,net>
Lawrenceburg, KY USA - Friday, August 22, 1997 at 19:25:22 (CDT)
Hello, Dusty!!!Just finished reading some of the comments in the guestbook.Good words
and warmth there--which you deserve. People are hearing you. And undersranding and
relating to what you'vesaid, seen and done.Take Care,Horace
Horace Coleman <hcoleman@apt.mdc.com>
Huntington Beach, CA USA - Wednesday, August 06, 1997 at 17:24:17 (CDT)
Dusty-- As a pilot in that miserable little place called Vietnam, I many times flew
guys-or what sometimes was left of them, back to the surgical hospital. During those
times, when nothing could be done for some of them, you, and other wonderful nurses just
like you, did oh-so- very-much for them. Thank you, all of you. And God bless
you--everyone.
Frank Anton <fanton@aol.com>
Satellite Beach, FL. USA - Monday, August 04, 1997 at 23:42:31 (CDT)
Thanks Dusty for all you did for the troops.Would like to shake your hand and give you
a hug.Semper Fi
Howard Vaught <hvaught@bright.net>
Winchester , OH USA - Monday, July 28, 1997 at 23:36:23 (CDT)
Hello Dusty, i was a Dustoff medic in RVN Oct 68-Nov 69, then with the 25th Div as a
combat medic...just read "David", I have the deepest admiration for the nurses
in Vietnam and I don't believe a day goes by that my thoughts don't wander back there...I
enjoy your poetry and plan to read more...take care and "Welcome Home"
Dennis E Gross <deg453@juno.com>
Dallas, Tx USA - Sunday, July 13, 1997 at 22:26:28 (CDT)
Your words give me chills. I'm a youngin' (20), and an unlikely member of a
disillusioned, dreadfully apathetic generation who can't remember what happened in the
last 2 years, let alone in the last 2 decades.I'm glad there are people like yourself to
help us remember.Thank you.
Sean <wrakitt@aol.com>
Fresno, CA USA - Saturday, July 12, 1997 at 04:08:29 (CDT)
Honey, you feel it... you know it... and you write it for Dusty, you know it, feel it,
and write it for all of us whowere also there. Bless you, dear heart. I have been
enthral-led by you ever since I first heard Diane read, "Hello,David" at the
Wall although, for some reason, it was hard to hear through my tears. I hope that will
help explain whyI was so awed at finally meeting you.
Kammy McCleery Malloy <gmalloy@frontiercomm.net
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Monroe, NY USA - Tuesday, July 08, 1997 at 22:01:03 (CDT)
Some of your work took my breath away. I hope you find the love you need,to ease your
dreams. Thank you...be well
BM Bradley <wanton@wanton.com>
Hollywood, Ca USA - Friday, July 04, 1997 at 10:46:52 (CDT)
I just had the opportunity to read one of your poems. I sat in the library at my
university with tears in my eyes. I'm researching nurses in vietnam for my english class,
but I got a special bonus by running into this page. Thanks for being there.
mariah bratten
Pullman, WWWwa USA - Tuesday, July 01, 1997 at 15:51:43 (CDT)
hi to all..i am a vn era vet..and i am the tn cooidinator for the nwmp in tn..and i
love your page..is great..welcome home..to alland god bless to all
brenda stewart <ckelly@usit.net>
dyersburg, tn USA - Monday, June 30, 1997 at 09:12:38 (CDT)
HelloVisited your homepage, enjoyed.
Bob Hornocker <Rhorno@AOL.com>
Port Orange , Fl. USA - Monday, June 23, 1997 at 07:22:07 (CDT)
Dusty,thank youy again for your words and your service. I was an infantry medic in Nam
and left my right leg there. I've got about 8 inches of stump left. I first found your
poetry in "Shrapnel in the Heart". Reading "David" was a moving,
tearful experience for me. Most everything you have written has affected me greatly.We had
a breif e-mail correspondence about a year ago when I sent you a few of the things that I
had written. I'm going to be introducing you to a great group called "Pleiku
Pals". Some of the members, myself included use the big "F" word in our
writing, and some people find it offennsive.I think it fits the subject matter. Most agree
with your opinions on the subject.Once again, thanks. I still remember the first time I
woke up in that hospital at QuiNhon and saw a nurse in green fatigue pants, green t shirt,
and combat boots. It was one of the most beautiful things that i have ever seen.
Bill Garbett <bgcalm68@fuse.net>
Cincinnati, Oh USA - Saturday, June 21, 1997 at 04:39:24 (CDT)
As I sit here at my keyboard and try to find the words to ex-press my heartfelt thanks
and gratitude, I realize that thereare no words to be found! I was one of the
"Grunts" who was sovery fortunate to have been sent to the 12th Evac.Hospital
indecember of 1968 with a bad case of malaria. The care and wel-come that I recieved were
the best that I could have hoped for.After spending 4 months of fear, death, brutal
reality of beingin an Infantry unit in wartime, I was made to feel like I was one of the
most important people in the world! I can never everthank you "Dusty", or any of
the other people at the 12th Evacenough!! You will forever be remembered in the heart of
this 'ol"Grunt" til the day I die!!! May God bless and keep you safe,and may you
find the Peace you so richly deserve, "Dusty".From a "Grunt" who
remembers................. Love and Aloha. Andrew Alday "A" co., 3rd/22nd Inf.
Reg., 25th Infantry Division III Corps, Vietnam, '68 & '69
Andrew Alday <alday@ulua.mhpcc.af.mil>
Pukalani, Maui,, Hi. USA - Thursday, June 19, 1997 at 05:17:52 (CDT)
Why didn't we have these machines back then maybe a whole lot of us could have gotten
help through each other thank you for beign here tonight.. When I first arrived in country
we had girls over in the hospital in Tay NINh international Heliport. They made our days
just with a smile I hope my smile helped one of them a couple of times when I had the
chance to give blood for my comrades before I flew again. RatPack C
John Broome <sloman@gte.net>
Chesapeake, Va USA - Sunday, June 08, 1997 at 23:57:00 (CDT)
Hey Lady D, WELCOME HOME!BEAUTIFUL WORK AND WONDERFUL HEALING WORDS!I have been trying
to get home for a long time. Finally made it!We're going to have the "Moving
Wall" here in July. I did a page Moving WallIt's part of my
healing process.Please don't ever stop. A Nurse helped me save my right leg in 1970, I
hope God has been as loving to her as He was to me!Don Besst 173rd Abn 1969 - 71
ranger@ranger.org
Don Besst <ranger@ranger.org>
Clinton, WA USA - Thursday, May 22, 1997 at 14:25:14 (CDT)
I just wanted to thank you for creating this page to help me understand more about the
feelings, thoughts, and ideas of the people involved with this event. I am very
greatful.
Jaime Evermann <Rainwacher@aol.com>
Columbia, SC USA - Wednesday, May 14, 1997 at 18:32:37 (CDT)
Dusty, While at "The Wall" on one of my photographic "missions" I
came accross a Woman with a shirt that read "The forgotten Vietnam Vet"That may
be true for the media but it certainly isn't true forthe men who served.
Tom Dewey <Tom7365@aol.com>
Claymont, De USA - Wednesday, May 07, 1997 at 20:57:49 (CDT)
Dear Dusty, I would like to thank you and every other military nurse for helping me
when I really needed it. I was a grunt with the Americal Div. in '68-'69. I was hit with
multible fragment wounds, and was in pretty bad shape, or at least I thought I was, the
nurses in country and in the states treating me gave me hope and a reason to recover.
Again, thank you, and welcome home. Jack
Jack A. Price <J-DPRICE@worldnet.att.net>
Dallas, Tx USA - Wednesday, May 07, 1997 at 14:40:44 (CDT)
I'M TRYING TO TEACH THE WAR TO 8TH GRADERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP! IT IS A DIFFICULT
TIME IN OUR COUNTYR'S HISTORY, BUT ONE CHILDREN SHOULD BE TAUGHT,A ND ONE THEY NEED TO
STRIVE TO UNDERSTAND!
CAROL BENSON <JCSM@SANET.COM>
EL DORADO, AR USA - Saturday, May 03, 1997 at 13:15:21 (CDT)
Dusty, I have listened to your readings many many times over. Once again, because of
you, I feel the nearness of those I knew that served with you: the companionship, the
friendship, the love, the kindness and most of all the unselfish bravery of those that
went with you, that returned, that never returned. Because of you, I also feel those I did
not know. Thank you.
Gerry Spencer <gspencer@luismiguel.org>
Chicago, IL USA - Friday, May 02, 1997 at 23:41:42 (CDT)
Dusty- I really really like your page. Keep up the good work.Love Dustie D.
Dustie Hanks <Destiny477@aol.com>
Durham, CA USA - Sunday, April 27, 1997 at 14:53:34 (CDT)
Read your poems with tears in my eyes. After 30 years you would think thatI could look
at my experience with a normal perspective.I returned to Vietnam in Feb 1994 and again the
following September. I have been able to forgive myself but am still not able toforgive my
country.The first trip was the wounding.The second trip was the start of the healing.When
will it end?Bryan
Bryan <bbowley@goodnet.com>
Phownix, AZ USA - Sunday, April 27, 1997 at 13:33:41 (CDT)
Very touching. I'm so glad for women like you.
Steve Alexander <ratinfested@foothill.net>
Pilot Hill, CA USA - Sunday, April 27, 1997 at 01:01:08 (CDT)
Dusty,I just read your newly-posted works. Good stuff from the heart, to the heart.Hope
to see you again at the Wall sometime.*Welcome Home!*Polecat
Polecat <flewhuey@iinc.com>
LeRoy, NY USA - Saturday, April 26, 1997 at 15:03:33 (CDT)
proud to have served ny country
gary <PedroBud@webtv.net>
USA - Saturday, April 26, 1997 at 02:26:52 (CDT)
Hi Dusty and a much deserved Welcome Home. Wonderful pages and writings. I've enjoyed
(for lack of a better word) my visit to your site. Not many fully understand the roll our
Nurses in Uniform had in Vietnam or any war for that matter. I am thankful I never had the
need for your services but I know I would have been in the "hands of an angel".
You brought comfort to many young men in their final minutes and I know you helped ease
the fear they had. I salute you Dusty and all women of Armed Forces for your rolls were as
important (if not more so than many) as any of ours were.
Chuck "Doc" Stewart <azgecko@flash.net>
Tucson, AZ USA - Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at 23:07:45 (CDT)
Dusty, I have enjoyed your verses. My grandmother, PFC Dorothy E. Kimmel, was killed at
WPAFB on June 10, 1944. Her life was an ispiration to me. She gave her life for her
country like so many friends and relatives. I was too young to serve in Vietnam but, I was
a WAC stationed at Ft. Ben (1976-1979), 425th PS. I've heard so many stories of Nam but,
know I will never be able to understand the pain and horror as those who were there. I
admire your work not just with the pen but, with your heart. God Bless You!
Marilyn Gregory <mgregory@vanstar.com>
Indianapolis, IN USA - Tuesday, April 22, 1997 at 19:09:32 (CDT)
Your poetry brings back memories of the incredible nurses of the 12th Evac that I knew,
like CPT Heidi Ubel and LT Maggie McKraben, true heroes. Sean Walsh, 242d ASHC,
Muleskinners, Cu Chi 68-71
Sean Walsh <walshs@emh10.monroe.army.mil>
Hampton, VA USA - Monday, April 21, 1997 at 16:10:16 (CDT)
At this very moment I have goose bumps on the back of my neck. The poetry was so moving
that my husband and I were brought to tears. What started out as a school project has now
become a personal crusade to become more aware of the lives and the feelings of the women
who served in vietnam.
Lynn Wandell <OhioBSN@aol.com>
Cleveland, OH USA - Sunday, April 20, 1997 at 21:28:36 (CDT)
great stuff for my project I have to do for school
Seth Lowrance
USA - Sunday, April 20, 1997 at 19:41:15 (CDT)
Very moving poetry. I'll be back again.Cheryl
Cheryl Boswell <cherylb@communique.net>
Denham Springs, LA USA - Friday, April 18, 1997 at 23:40:03 (CDT)
Thanks for the service and the page
hlrabon
USA - Friday, April 18, 1997 at 18:37:03 (CDT)
Thanks Dusty! Your poetry has had a lot of meaning for a long time and I just
discovered you "on line" tonight. Welcome Home! I was at the 91st Evac 68-69.
Norma J. Lohff Heistand <njhrn@pionet.net>
Woodbine , IA USA - Friday, April 18, 1997 at 00:28:44 (CDT)
once again THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUHM3 USNR field med doc!
dana <asdbp@uaa.alaska.edu>
anchoraage, ak USA - Sunday, April 13, 1997 at 04:36:37 (CDT)
I am a special education teacher in a high school. I am working on a poetry unit and
the kids are interested in Viet Nam. I think your poetry will be useful to share in
helping them realize the experience of war. My guys think they are so cool and tough. Ha!
Sue Jefferys <sjeffery@mciuix.mciuk12.pa.us>
USA - Wednesday, April 09, 1997 at 20:51:57 (CDT)
welcome home, Dusty. we share the pages of INCOMING. I share your work w/junior &
senior high school kids whose total knowledge of the vietnam war can be found in movies
and the last week of school even tho' their parents lived it. I hope I do your stuff
justice. You've done a fantastic thing here. Glad I found it.stuart k polzin usmc 68-69-70
stuart k polzin <jpolzin@iea.com>
spokane, wa USA - Monday, April 07, 1997 at 15:36:20 (CDT)
I am a former English teacher and a technical editor. I simply love poetry and enjoy
finding modern artists whose work is largely unknown. Thanks for your lovely work. I wrote
the following haiku when my mom was dying and could only talk with her sister by phone:
Pale cheeks filled with tears Smiles the while her sister speaks; Joy makes up for pain.My
husband was in Vietnam (1971-2; luckily, he came back whole. I am thankful for your sacred
service to our country and to our finest young men.
Theresa Feighny <editions@intex.net>
Carrollton, TX USA - Friday, March 28, 1997 at 21:08:04 (CST)
I've only read one so far Dusty, but i'm impressed! I can't wait 2 use some of your
stuff in my research paper.My topic is health care providers in the Vietnam War. God Bless
You! :) :) :)
Kristin Jeannine Lynn <KJEST5+@pitt.edu>
Dravosburg, PA USA - Thursday, March 27, 1997 at 16:44:46 (CST)
I am a 100% disabled Viet nam vet, and served there 70-71. I was wounded March 31, 1971
at Khe Sanh. Thanks to the female nurses.
Donald Miller
USA - Tuesday, March 25, 1997 at 17:24:57 (CST)
Thank you, and all the other nurses, for keeping this soldier alive so many years ago.
I really loved that letter to Speaker Dumb Sh.. ! Welcome Home.
Jack A. Price <J-DPRICE@worldnet.att.net>
Dallas, Tx USA - Monday, March 24, 1997 at 10:39:15 (CST)
Well...I have nothing special to say, just that those poems was VERY good,Thanks
Johan <johan.ekstrand@alingsas.mail.telia.com>
Gothenburg, Sweden - Saturday, March 22, 1997 at 04:47:52 (CST)
Dusty, Welcome home! I served as a grunt in I corps. in 69-70. I thoroughly enjoy your
poetry. Let there be no doubt.The efforts of all women who served in Vietnam are
apprec-iated.
Bob Short <jesall@aol.com>
kalamazoo, mi USA - Saturday, March 15, 1997 at 09:15:45 (CST)
Dusty...Welcome Home! Ya still got the power in your fingers, I see. Healing is a
curious thing and you are still doing it. God bless....Sandy 187th AHC Tay Ninh 69-70
Sandy Guynn <Sandy3890@aol.com>
Anacoco, LA USA - Saturday, March 15, 1997 at 08:48:05 (CST)
Thank you for the beautiful poetry. And thank you for caring so much when you took care
of the boys and menso far from home.
Nora Singer <singer@evansville.net>
Evansville, In USA - Thursday, March 13, 1997 at 15:33:09 (CST)
i loved it from the bottom of my heart!! I respect you and all the others who gave
their life for the United States of America!!!!!thanks!!!!!!
amy konosskki
orange, USA - Monday, March 10, 1997 at 20:26:03 (CST)
Thankyou Dusty for your poems-it brought back memories and tears of the year I was a
nurse in Vietnam in 1969-70 at the 12th USAF Hospital.It brought back the faces of our
guys coming from the fields,the air and sea,I remembered our Med Cap Missions and the Fire
Bases we visited on our Christmas Mission. I would like to hear from Vietnam Vet Nurses.
Presentation (Butac) Apo <pre@hgea.org>
USA - Thursday, March 06, 1997 at 15:50:39 (CST)
Your poetry is some of the most powerful verse I have ever read. I can feel the pain in
so much of what you write, and it's oh so true. Although I never needed your services, I
know Marines who did,I want to thank you and the others like you who meant so much to the
men/boys who did. You are one hell of a woman!USMC, 3rd Recon, 1967-1968
Steve Laktash
Placentia, CA USA - Thursday, March 06, 1997 at 15:04:32 (CST)
My angles name was Anne. She was soft, warm, and easy to talkto. Thank you all for what
you did for those of us who were hurt and very very scared.
Gus Mussett <Gus_Mussett@aud.alcatel.com>
Allen, TX USA - Wednesday, March 05, 1997 at 14:57:21 (CST)
Dear Ms. Dusty:I had the priviledge of reading your poetry for the first time
approximately one year ago. Since that time, I always " find time " to see what
might be newly created by you via the internet. It seems like so long ago yet, at the same
time, it seems like only yesterday. God Bless you for those who can no longer speak for
themselves.
Paul J. Belsky <pbelsky@csa-chicago.com>
Chicago, Il USA - Friday, February 28, 1997 at 10:39:03 (CST)
Dusty you have a Great Web Page Sweety *** You know me and Berta Loves you both :o)
Huggers !
Joe T Moyer <FLYNAVY4@AOL.COM>
Charleston, SC USA - Wednesday, February 26, 1997 at 20:42:00 (CST)
Hello Dusty and Welcome Home. I am an In-Country female veteran. Your poem David, was
so great, and brought back a flood of memories and emotions. Some I thought I had pretty
well shoved to the very back of my mind and soul, to only find them just beneath my heart.
Thanks. I'm trying to locate any of the folks I was in Vietnam with. Hope to hear from
them real soon. I think it would help with my feelings and healing. Again, thanks and
Welcome Home.
Tommiie Acierno <TOMMIIEA@aol.com>
Fort Worth, TX USA - Wednesday, February 26, 1997 at 16:27:38 (CST)
Thanks for being there Dusty. Pete Stone USMC Nam 67 -68
Pete Stone <petest1@sover.net>
Randolph, Vt USA - Thursday, February 20, 1997 at 20:26:28 (CST)
Your "David" poem is an incredible piece of poetry andteaches me what I
cannot learn from my history books. War continues to horrify me and I hope that as I
become a teacher that I can use the experience of veterens to pass this on to my students.
I loved your tribute to Owen(a favorite of mine, too) and your letter to the
"chubby" fingered Newt. I have a lot of respect for you.
Estella Juarez <juareze@ucsu.colorado.edu>
Boulder, CO USA - Thursday, February 20, 1997 at 17:00:44 (CST)
Dusty,I just read David. Please excuse the typos. It is so hard to type thru the
tears.As you know I was in country 1961 April thru 1963 October. I met my
"Dusty" but shewas killed helping a SF base camp during an attack. You make me
so sad and so happy at the sametime. Thank you so much.RichH
Rich Hannon <hannonr@interpathcom>
Roxbor , NC USA - Wednesday, February 19, 1997 at 11:01:19 (CST)
Dusty, I feel privileged to have read your poetry and to know you and Path. I am the
mother of a son in the Army and was moved to tears by your poem about David. You are a
remarkable woman.
Patricia Walters <pwalters@merlin.ebicom.net>
Laurel, MS USA - Tuesday, February 18, 1997 at 22:44:34 (CST)
Dusty, thanks so much for the poems - they kit the target.Your letter to Newt hit home.
I owe a lot to a South Vietnamese Female soldier and a U.S. Nurse. (Needless to say, your
"Hello David" means a lot to me. Keep the poems coming and let us not Forget
Those POW/MIAs still unaccounted for. Vietnam Vet 69-70, 73-74
DAVID TENNEY <tenneyd@100arw.mildenhall.af.mil>
APO, UK - Tuesday, February 18, 1997 at 09:53:58 (CST)
I would like to say that your Poetry is absolutley wonderful. It is very moving.I have
spent the majority of the past week or two doing research on Vietnam Nurses.I have to say
that your site is the most moving and informative of all the sites I have visited.
Cat Bartlett <Kalandra33@aol.com>
Ft Worth, Tx USA - Sunday, February 16, 1997 at 22:58:11 (CST)
dusty....your poem 'david' was excellent!!!!i had a brother named david in vietnam in
1968-69. thank god, my brother came home. i can still feel my mothers pain when she would
just collapse in the floor out of no where, she did not cry; she whailed!! i to am a viet
nam era vet. your poem brought back a flood of memories. i was only in junior high when i
experienced my mothers anguish. now that i am a mother with a son; i can only question
myself, did i really know her pain.
cfc <carole@ash-uky.campus.mci.net>
flatwoods , ky USA - Friday, February 14, 1997 at 19:45:01 (CST)
Dusty: The magic IS truly yours. Thanks is too small a word.WELCOME HOME.
Kevin
USA - Friday, February 14, 1997 at 10:18:24 (CST)
I enjoy your work, I Just left the 212th MASH in Wiesbaden Germany. While I was there I
noticed that they were the 12th EVAC in Vietnam. I left them with your home page address
and I know that they will enjoy your work. Drop me e-mail and I'll put you in touch with
the 1st SGT. You may be able to bring a few things together!!!!! Dan Pettigrew
Dan Pettigrew <bookem@hoe.kis.net>
Middletown, md USA - Wednesday, February 12, 1997 at 18:02:03 (CST)
I enjoyed the Dusty poem, it was truly beautiful.
christina sams
lincoln , Ne USA - Wednesday, February 12, 1997 at 09:01:36 (CST)
Dusty,Thank you for this page. I was a stateside female marine.Who met some of the guys
who were patched up by you folksin the field. They could never say enough good it seemed.
I know I appreciated your skills as now I appreciate yourpoetry. 11/73 - 5/75 29 Palms
MCBjean
Jean Marie GIll <gilljm@aol.com>
Friendswood, Tx USA - Tuesday, February 11, 1997 at 21:21:03 (CST)
i thank you all
dbp
USA - Monday, February 10, 1997 at 05:41:56 (CST)
I am an HM3 USNR just completed field medical service school and am studying to be a
nurse. I have always been drawn to the Vietnam War and it's effects. I have done many
research papers on it, but will never know the "truth." I was born in 1973, yet
can not fight the anger and disguist of what i have read, and kistened to. It is too
infrequent that a youn person says thank you to a Vietnam Vet. All I really want to say is
THANK YOU and WELCOME HOME. The poetry and literature I have read that was a result from
the war is heart wrenching and the tears can not be held back. From the bottom of my
heart: GOD bless each and every one of you; THANX! PEACE
Dana <asdbp@uaa.alaska.edu>
Anchorage, AK USA - Monday, February 10, 1997 at 05:28:42 (CST)
Dusty, I also served in Nam many days ago. I find great emotions arise on reading Hello
David. It is all so true. Thank you a fellow sister who was also called Dusty in Pleiku.
Judy Jacobs <jjaco@gpbx.comb>
greensburg, in USA - Sunday, February 09, 1997 at 18:24:02 (CST)
You are a special person in my heart and with God. We love your poems.
Donna Brizendine <tdbriz@gulftel.com>
Silverhill, Al USA - Wednesday, February 05, 1997 at 07:08:41 (CST)
Oh, Dusty...I have been more moved reading your page than 100's before it (actually,
close to 300, I'm almost at the beginning of the poetry webring, back where I started)This
page is wonderful. You're a great, beautiful, strong woman. I'm so glad you've chosen to
share your writing with all of us. Thank you. -Ru
Ru <freax@intergate.bc.ca>
Vancouver, BC Canada - Wednesday, February 05, 1997 at 06:18:19 (CST)
Dusty, Thanks. Your "Hello David" got posted in a n office I frequently
visit. I read it every week. I recently stumbled (was ambushed by) a review of Laura
Palmer's "Shrapnel in the Heart". I cry big time every time I read "Hello
David". I am now realizing that I had stuffed all feeling and emotion since 3/71.
What an impact the Nam has had on us!Alan 71 ahc, 14 avn bn, Quang Tri VN 71
Alan Costich <acostich@hp.com>
Rochester, NY USA - Monday, February 03, 1997 at 11:38:36 (CST)
I'm taking a class on "The War in and About Vietnam," and the comments on
your page give insight that can't be found in any history book. If anyone reading this
would like to write me with additional comments, thoughts, stories, please do. I want to
understand so badly. . .
Skye Gurney <Skye@Dartmouth.Edu>
USA - Thursday, January 30, 1997 at 19:52:39 (CST)
Dusty. thanks for the letter to Newt (which probably bounced off his cretinous little
head but made more sense than anything he has ever written or said).
Ed Wright <ewright@scs.unr.edu>
Elko, NV USA - Wednesday, January 29, 1997 at 12:18:39 (CST)
thanks dusty... you make me feel... again
adam <adam@craft.clarkson.edu>
USA - Wednesday, January 29, 1997 at 11:10:18 (CST)
pleased to know a virtual nurse, I spent some time at the90th medivac below marble mt.
I post on the guard once anda while. your poetry reflects the pain i feel.I lost a brother
Wayne and a cousin Doug Murray in vietnam. somewhere i lost myself.mtkbravo co. 2/5 1st
Cav feb/68 - feb/69 11 months 22 days
Warren Murray <murraywk@potsdam.edu>
massena, ny USA - Wednesday, January 29, 1997 at 10:45:25 (CST)
dusty darlin:You know me by e-mail only and a chance meeting vets day 1996. I never
made your wards, but visited your sister namnurses wards in Da Nang. I want to post a
"THANK YOU" to allViet Nam Nurse's here on your home page...THANKS TO MY
SISTERS...WELCOME HOME LADIES.......Gene'oUSMCRVNClass of 68
Eugene Csuti <Golf28@diac.com>
aurora, co USA - Wednesday, January 29, 1997 at 10:05:20 (CST)
God Bless You! I was a Navy Corpsman during the Persian Gulf Conflict, and your poetry
really touched me.I respect any and all people who serve in the military, but I think it
takes a very special person to go intothe medical field. Some times it seems that the
medics, and nurses are forgotten about when people rememberpast conflicts. I don't think
they understand that we are the people who charge into battle armed only withfirst aid
gear! We are the ones who hold and comfort dying soldiers, the cream of American youth.
I'm sure Ihave never seen (and with Gods blessing) will never see anything as horrible as
you. You are in my thoughts,stand up tall and keep the faith...Ryan P. Kaegebein(age 25)
Ryan Kaegebein
Jacksonville, FL USA - Tuesday, January 28, 1997 at 21:10:56 (CST)
Welcome home sister! You poem has touched a cord deep within my heart. You have put to
words what as usnurses felt. I served at the 91st Evac Hospital in Chu Lai from July 1970
to July 1971.God bless you sister!
Anna Marie Pugliese Rutallie <namnurse@iquest.net>
Indianapolis, IN USA - Tuesday, January 28, 1997 at 18:13:06 (CST)
Thanks!Looking back - can at times,be a pleasant, reflective experience.Sometimes
tinged with sadness,sometimes wistful..wondering-we remember what wasand give thought to
what might have been.There is much to see on such a journey.No limits, on time or
space.Memory..recalls the yesterdays - vivid,alive, within our hearts, our souls.Images of
people and placesLoves, losses, emotions - that only we can see...can feel.Truth, that
only we can find.Dreams, that only we can know - and hopethat only we can understand.Such
journeys take so little time-yet many are afraid, hesitant--to take that first step -
afraidof what they might discover..about themselves-more afraid still, to expressor share,
what they have learnedwith those around them.Thus, the game goes on - life goes on.with
only a handful searching foror giving a damn...about the meaning of it all.
Jim Pickelsimer <jpickle@GroupZ.net>
Aiken, SC USA - Tuesday, January 28, 1997 at 13:39:50 (CST)
GREAT letter to Newt!! Unfortunatly he's not the only one who thinks woman have never
been exposed to enemy activity. There are some men (and women) who believe that we were
not exposed to fire in Desert Storm! Get a CLUE!!! Of course we were!!Welcome Home Dusty!
Cathy [1103rd TRANS Bn (HET) Desert Shield/Storm Provide Comfort]
Cathy Wood <cwood@jvlnet.com>
Janesville, WI USA - Tuesday, January 28, 1997 at 08:50:17 (CST)
Great letter to Newt, Dusty! However, you forgot to mention disgust in their apparent
approval of corruption for politicians.God Bless you, and again, Welcome Home, Dusty!Bill
PowersUSMC (62-68)In Country (67-68)
Bill Powers <BillPo13@aol.com>
Homestead, FL USA - Monday, January 27, 1997 at 23:23:15 (CST)
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