NURSES IN VIETNAM

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American Nurses in Vietnam

By

Wendy, Tara, & Stacey

Introduction          Questions                Resources             Big Question

INTRODUCTION

The Vietnam War had a profound effect on millions of people around the world. One group of people was American nurses who treated soldiers in Vietnam. This scavenger hunt will help you obtain information about the lives of these nurses during and after the war.

 

QUESTIONS

1. How many nurses were killed in the Vietnam was from March 15th, 1962 until March 28th, 1973?

2. Why did nurses want to serve in Vietnam?

3. What awards did American nurses receive in Vietnam?

4. How many nurses served in Vietnam?

5. In Dusty’s poem "Hello David," what is Dusty trying to do and say about Vietnam?

6. In Gayle Smith’s "The Nurse with Round Eyes," why did she want to go to Vietnam?

7. What kinds of uniforms did the nurses wear?

8. After the nurses returned to America, how did they cope with their feelings?

9. Were the hospitals in Vietnam sanitary?

10. What day was the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Project introduced?

 

RESOURCES

Dog-pile, Ask Jeeves, Google

http://www.illyria.com/women/vnwhighschool.html 

http://stti.confex.com/stti/inrc14/techprogram/paper_13697.htm 

http://www.illyria.com/dustyhp.html 

http://gos.sbc.edu/s/southby.html 

http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvetsnam.html 

http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/museum/explore/museums/hismus/1900-75/sixties/letter.html 

http://www.ntu.edu.sg/home/hblim/reflections/scatteredm.html 

http://www.vietnam-war.info/facts/facts2.php 

http://web.mala.bc.ca/davies/H323Vietnam/Smith_Vietnam_nurse1971.htm 

 

BIG QUESTION

What were the lives of American nurses like during and after the Vietnam war?