Lt. Dee: Army Nurse, Vietnam

by Pauline Gallagher

Overview

the year is 1968. lt. dee, a skilled army surgical nurse volunteers to serve in the vietnam War. after a grueling twenty-four hour flight in full military uniform, including nylons and heels, dee steps off the plane into an intense tropical heat that immediately assaults her body. her mind and senses are likewise bombarded with the smells and noises of a war zone. within minutes, dee and the other nurses witness a convoy of coffins bound for a homeward flight. no sooner have they changed into fatigues, then they are asked to assign cause of death in a morgue. (the doctors are need in surgery).
these two challenges are followed by an encounter with a stunning air force captain named skip (because she skips from base to base on evacuation missions). follow dee by chopper to a remote nursing outpost surrounded by jungle. in surgery, she encounters the brutal reality of war beginning with a conveyor belt of wounded soldiers.
her affair with air force captain skip contravenes military law and both women find themselves risking potential dishonorable discharges for love. the reader will notice the research that has been carried out to present a realistic story of nurses who served in Vietnam and medical and political issues facing them as veterans.
this novel honors their incredible courage and medical skills.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940045845816
Publisher:	Pauline Gallagher
Publication date:	04/20/2014
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	281,509
File size:	642 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

I was born in Ireland, lived in England and Australia and finally settled down in Canada. I retired as an elementary and high school teacher and now I house and pet sit. This is our fourth year of pet sitting and the assignments have taken us to Britain, Europe, Tahiti, Australia and New Zealand. I always travel with my laptop. I blog children’s stories daily on http://childrenandteensstoriestomotivateandinspire.com

-Some years ago I wrote several children’s stories without an artist.
They were taken by Annex Press, Toronto to two publishing conferences in New York. They lost the contract, but stated my books were very publishable and not to ‘give up.’ One of my stories, “Mrs. Claus and the November Visit,” won in the Canadian Library Competition. It chooses short stories across Canada and publishes them in a yearly anthology called “Winners Circle.” Mine was the only children’s story selected.

-Fast forward to 2016 and the opportunity to use images from the copyright free Public Domain site. Now, I have four stories ready to become ebooks by end of October, 2016.
They are:
--Mrs. Claus and the November Visit
--Belinda’s Dandelion (about bullying)
--Unicorns Come at Night (about the death of a pet)
-- The Bouncing Blue Ball ( a fun story).

The following stories are almost ready....
--The Incredible Show and Tell Story
---Difference Spring Breaks
--Look Who is Helping Bo Beep Find Her Sheep
--Ranger Jabauri and the Serengetti Plain

Please visit my daily blogged children’s site that also provides more details and short extracts from these books.

Thank you
Pauline Gallagher