Army Veteran Diane Carlson Evans, founder of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Foundation, joins Borne the Battle to discuss her time serving in Vietnam as a combat nurse and her fight for a women’s memorial on the National Mall.
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0:00 - Intro
2:18 - Joining the Army Nurses Corps
4:14 - Going to Vietnam.
5:01 - In Vietnam from ’68-69 as a trauma nurse
8:40 - Civilian nurses tend to ask "how did you do this?"
11:06 - 60 Minutes interviewing Vietnam Army nurses
19:18 - Medics in Vietnam
21:45 - Thoughts women in today's military
30:46 - Best friend in the Army
35:02 - Leaving the military after Vietnam
43:30 - Nursing is a privilege
44:14 - “A piece of my heart went with every soldier we were with when he died.”
47:30 - Founding the Vietnam Women’s Project/Foundation
1:04:17 - What do you hope the Vietnam Women’s Memorial conveys to those that stop by and look at it?
1:10:33 - “There is greatness in every generation.”