When I Die I'm Going to Heaven 'Cause I've Spent My Time in Hell

A Memoir of My Year As an Army Nurse in Vietnam

By: Barbara Hesselman Kautz MSN RN

Narrated by: Janet Metzger

When she was 18, she joined the army to finance her nursing education. 

With less than six months of nursing experience, she was assigned to the 24th Evacuation Hospital in South Vietnam. 

True tales of the war that are by turns horrifying and humorous, told with an eye for detail, by a woman who was in the thick of it.

©2013 Barbara Hesselman Kautz, MSN, RN (P)2019 Tantor

A year of bravery.

This book helps the hearer understand Vietnam nurses suffered as much as the wounded they treated. It is a thorough guide to a nurse's year in Vietnam.

Great True Story on Women Vietnam Vets who were also nurses, stone cold bad asses!

I did 21 years in the Navy, but the horrors our military nurses went through are horrifying and heart breaking. To All the ladies who have served, I salute you! #navychiefnavypride 🇺🇸 🇵🇷 #IYAOYAS 💣 Excellent book, recommend to any history buff.

Vietnam nursing

After reading a fictional Vietnam nurses story i decided I needed to read about the real women. this was my second autobiography of a Vietnam nurse. it was excellent.

Loved this

I am a little younger than Barbara and am also an RNMSN. I taught nursing and worked ER . I have a small idea of what she experienced. I had a close friend who was in ADAC. It was horrible too. She passed last year from a bad heart.
You are heroes for sure!
Nancy MSNRN

Compelling narrative of life as a nurse in Viet Nam

This is a story that needs to be told, wars are still being fought and medical treatments necessary but effects on care givers is overlooked.
The narrative seemed bland when describing more intense situations but the anecdotes about life outside of the hospital are priceless.