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Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam
Lynda Van Devanter
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Description for Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam
Paperback. This personal memoir tells the story of the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a nurse. The story plunges the reader into the bloodiest aspects of the war itself, then continues after the end of the war as the author attempts to regain the love of her family. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: BGHA; BTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
Lynda Van Devanter was the girl next door, the cheerleader who went to Catholic schools, enjoyed sports, and got along well with her four sisters and parents. After high school she attended nursing school and then did something that would shatter her secure world for the rest of her life: in 1969, she joined the army and was shipped to Vietnam. When she arrived in Vietnam her idealistic view of the war vanished quickly. She worked long and arduous hours in cramped, ill-equipped, understaffed operating rooms. She saw friends die. Witnessing a war close-up, operating on soldiers and civilians whose ... Read more
Lynda Van Devanter was the girl next door, the cheerleader who went to Catholic schools, enjoyed sports, and got along well with her four sisters and parents. After high school she attended nursing school and then did something that would shatter her secure world for the rest of her life: in 1969, she joined the army and was shipped to Vietnam. When she arrived in Vietnam her idealistic view of the war vanished quickly. She worked long and arduous hours in cramped, ill-equipped, understaffed operating rooms. She saw friends die. Witnessing a war close-up, operating on soldiers and civilians whose ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press Boston
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558492981
SKU
V9781558492981
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About Lynda Van Devanter
Lynda Van Devanter has served as the National Women's Director of the Vietnam Veterans of America. She counsels other Vietnam veterans and conducts seminars around the country.
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