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."Loved it loved it loved it. Finally a good book about nurses in Vietnam. I read this whole book in one sitting." - 5 star amazon review.