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THE NURSES OF VIETNAM

The first U.S. soldiers were introduced to the Vietnam War in 1962 when Marines set up position in die
Delta. Like no other conflict before it, the Vietnam War would severely test the resolve of enlisted Ari Among the American heroes serving in Vietnam were soldiers whose mission was not to fight, but instingle infort and heal. They were the U.S. military nurses. In March 1962, thirteen U.S. Army nurses arrived at the Eighth Hospital, Nha Trang. The number of military nurses serving in Vietnam rose steadily after 1966 to a peak of 900 it hey served as flight nurses, in hospitals throughout Vietnam, and on board the hospital ships USS Repose and
Suitiary.
In Vietnam, the work of U.S. nurses closely resembled that of physicians and medical corpsmen. They cared for post-surgery patients by preventing infection, relieving pain, regenerating tissue, and supplying psychological support.