Nurse Corps. ArmyHistory Books
In January 1969, I arrived in Vietnam and was assigned to an evacuation hospital at Phu Bai.
Many of our patients belonged to Danny’s old battalion.
The Herons.
Whenever I recognized their white-heron insignia, I thought of my brother.
I knew each wounded soldier was somebody’s son, brother, husband, or father. SupportVeterans
And I wanted to give every one of them the chance Danny hadn’t received.
In May 1969, fighting intensified in the A Shau Valley.
Wounded soldiers arrived at our hospital in overwhelming numbers.
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