Angels in Vietnam: Women Who Served [Paperback]

Jan Hornung (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 14, 2002

Cry, laugh, and share womens Vietnam war experiences in their own words in this collection of stories, poems, and pictures of the Women Who Served. Over 11,000 women from America, New Zealand, and Australia went to Vietnam as nurses, American Red Cross workers, physical therapists, entertainers, librarians, and more. Ride along in a helicopter on a Christmas Day mission of the heart with Army pilots and American Red Cross Donut Dollies, in Vietnam, 1969. Meet Garys angel, a physical therapist who a wounded soldier found over three decades later to tell her, thank you. Take a trip back to the war with a woman when she finds her true love, a soldier fighting in Nam. Experience the war through a nurses eyes. Learn where the veterans are today. Read about the Australians and New Zealanders who served in Vietnam. Find out why male Vietnam veterans think the women who nursed, comforted, entertained, or just talked with them were Angels in Vietnam.Forward by David Hackworth, author of About Face and Steel My Soldiers Hearts.Jan Hornung is the author of This Is The Truth As Far As I Know, I Could Be Wrong and KISS the Sky: Helicopter Tales.www.geocities.com/vietnamfront

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About the Author

Jan Hornung served her country as a UH-1 helicopter pilot in the 1980s before she became an author. As a woman in the military and friend to many Vietnam veterans, she pays tribute with this book to the unsung heroines of Vietnamthe women.

Product Details

• Paperback: 364 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse (August 14, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595240909
• ISBN-13: 978-0595240906
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,082,981 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)