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BA Rose: My Years in Vietnam, 1968-1971

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'I WALKED OFF THE PLANE TO FIND MYSELF SURROUNDED BY MAYHEM: ARTILLERY WAS BOOMING NEARBY, TANKS AND REAMS OF BARBED WIRE WERE EVERYWHERE, WEAPON-LADEN SOLDIERS WERE HURRYING IN ALL DIRECTIONS. HELL! WHAT DO I DO NOW? I WONDERED.

WHAT POSSESSED AN ORDINARY SUBURBAN HOUSEWIFE , FROM A QUIET COUNTRY TOWN, TO LEAVE HER HOME, HER LITTLE SHOP, AND HER FAMILY, TO PLUNGE INTO THE HORROR OF THE VIETNAM WAR.?

IRIS ROSER WAS 41yO, WITH TWO GROWN SONS, AND A BROKEN MARRIAGEWHEN SHE DECIDED IT WAS TIME FOR A CHANGE.

SHE VOLUNTEERED HER SERVICES TO PROJECT CONCERN, AND FOUND HERSELF WORKING FIRST IN A HOSPITAL IN THE SOUTH VIETNAM HIGHLANDS, AND LATER AS A WELFARE ADVISER ANDF FOOD FOR PEACE OFFICER WITH USAID.

BEFORE HER STINT IN VIETNAM WAS OVER, IRIS HAD BECOME THE FIRST FOREIGN WOMAN TO RECEIVE THE SOCIAL WELFARE MEDAL (SECOND CLASS) AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE MEDAL (FIRST CLASS) FROM THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT.SHE ALSO RECEIVED DECORATIONS FROM US HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES AND ANZAC-OF-THE-YEAR FROM THE AUSTRALIAN RSL.

THE COMPASSION AND DETERMINATION SHE DISPLAYED IN ORGANISING A FLOW OF WELFARE SUPPORT TO ORPHANAGES, THOSUSANDS OF HOMELESS REFUGEES, AND LOST AND ABUSED CHILDREN-VICTIMS OF A SENSELESS WAR--AND HER COURAGE IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION, MAKE IRIS ROSER A TRULY REMARKABLE AUSTRALIAN . EVEN WHEN FACED WITH THE WORST KIND OF HORROR, SHE NEVER LOST HER WARMTH, HER BRAVERY, OR HER SENSE OF HUMOUR.

BA ROSE IS A NOT-SO-ORDINARY HONEST ACCOUNT OF HER EXPERIENCES AND ACHIEVEMENTS BEHIND LINES IN VIETNAM. IT WILL SURPRISE, SHOCK, AND MOVE IT'S READERS-AND EVEN MAKE THEM LAUGH.IRIS ROSER IS A WOMAN IN A MILLION.