Healing Wounds

A Vietnam War Combat Nurse's 10-Year Fight to Win Women a Place of Honor in Washington, D.C.

De: Diane Carlson Evans, Bob Welch - contributor, Joseph Galloway - foreword

Narrado por: Janet Metzger

What is the price of honor? It took 10 years for Vietnam War Nurse Diane Carlson Evans to answer that question - and the answer was a heavy one.

In 1983, when Evans came up with the vision for the first-ever memorial on the National Mall to honor women who'd worn a military uniform, she wouldn't be deterred. She remembered not only her sister veterans, but also the hundreds of young wounded men she had cared for, as she expressed during a Congressional hearing in Washington, DC: "Women didn't have to enter military service, but we stepped up to serve believing we belonged with our brothers-in-arms and now we belong with them at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. If they belong there, we belong there. We were there for them then. We mattered."

In the end, those wounded soldiers who had survived proved to be there for their sisters-in-arms, joining their fight for honor in Evans' journey of combating unforeseen bureaucratic obstacles and facing mean-spirited opposition. Her impassioned story of serving in Vietnam is a crucial backstory to her fight to honor the women she served beside. She details the gritty and high-intensity experience of being a nurse in the midst of combat and becomes an unlikely hero who ultimately serves her country again as a formidable force in her daunting quest for honor and justice.

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Excellent book. The true and real story of the Vietnam Woman’s Memorial.

I loved that it was read or narrated by the author. Hearing her voice and her words made this book more understandable, clearer and interesting.

Moving Tribute to those that served

I wish I had read this before my visit to Washington DC. The history behind and the meaning of the statue is deeply moving. So much respect for those that have served out country.

Glad I read it!

After reading Kristin Hannah’s book, “The Women,” about female Vietnam war vets, I really wanted to read Diane Carlson Evan’s own story—which Hannah credits in her book.
So glad I read it! Carlson Evans is the mover and shaker who dreamed up and led the movement to build the Women’s Vietnam War Memorial statue in DC—after experiencing her own PTSD.

The long overdue recignition.

This story highlighted the need to recognize the Women Veterans of the Vietnam War. I was brought to tears many times with the stories and love expressed. Thank you to Captian Evans for staying the course and enduring all the battles. Your fellow ANC's are thankful

dedication and triumph for women.

I liked this book incredibly well. It was definitely a "page turner." The care an presence to overcome all obstacles was an inspiration. It was amazing to learn that there were actually people that tried to stand in the way of getting. the end was a long time coming but they were successful and helped all those people get acknowledged and allowing healing to take place.

Incredible true story well worth the listen

This well told story that should humble and humiliate us clearly shows us the profound bias we have in the United States at the higher levels of Government and powerful organizations. It is also a journey of Hope and we see the way a voice in the wilderness that never gives up makes a difference for all of us. The way we did not distinguish the warrior from the war and realize that women in Vietnam saving lives were amazing Warriors is a story we need to know. Read or listen to it!

Her perseverance

I listened to Kristen Hannah’s book The Women and was so touched I needed to read more. Obviously Diane Carlson shaped Hannah’s main character. This book was a testimony to so many women who served. I learned even more about the war. I think everyone would benefit from her story.

Excellent

For those of us that are children of Vietnam Vets, it’s fuzzy what our parents did. This book brought a lot of insight into what women went through and what the war and various protests were about. My father served. I would have liked to know his story but agent Orange killed him before I was adult enough to ask.

Fortitude

I was never wounded in Vietnam but I visited a lot of shot up guys. This story echoes what I saw but I never really felt their pain. To me nurses were just another MOS doing a job in the rear area. We all reflect on our experiences but they are a very special group. Without whom a lot more guys would not be here today. The memorial reflects that and they deserve a rightful place of honor

Impressive & Important

I was amazed as I read this story of Vietnam combat nurse Diane Carlson Evans. Her heroism as she cared for the soldiers during the war should be applauded, as well as the other nurses. Diane is humble, yet passionate as she recounts her experience during and after the unpopular Vietnam War. I found her detailed account very interesting and important, especially her unrelenting quest to establish a women of Vietnam statue to recognize their service. I hope many will read this book.