“Over 265,000 American women served in the military during the Vietnam War, including 11,000 in Vietnam—90% as volunteer nurses handling critical trauma cases. Their responsibilities included ...

The Women” is a historical fiction novel set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. It follows military nurse Frances “Frankie” McGrath as she leaves her illustrious family on Coronado Island, ...

Diane Carlson Evans, from Buffalo, Minnesota, was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal for her military service and founding the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation. Although Evans could not ...