Keith Walker (1)

This book is composed of interviews of women who spent time in Vietnam during the U. S. occupation in the 1960s and 1970s. Some were nurses, but there were also Red Cross volunteers, WACs, WAVs, Quakers, intelligence personnel, and entertainers. Although there are similarities between the stories, each is also thoroughly unique, and each gives us a little more knowledge about the people, the place, and the time. Most carry a sadness, but the sorrow comes not only from the lives which were show more lost, but in the lives which are still tied to Vietnam years after they left. show less

Interviews with 26 women who served in various capacities in Vietnam -- gut-wrenching yet surprisingly upbeat. Most of the women are not bitter. Basis for the play.