TRIBUTE TO THE WOMEN WHO SERVED
Doc Pardue
Perhaps the most overlooked Veterans today are the women who served in Vietnam.  
Eight of them have their names on the Wall.   They were nurses, entertainers,  admin and
clerk, and women in responsible command positions.  Then, there were the Red Cross
workers, whom we affectionally called  Donut Dollies.  They helped us forget the war
for just a moment, these Round-eyed beauties made us think of our Moms, wifes, and
that girl back in the WORLD.  I can't think of a more dedeciated or harder working
person than the nurses who took care of us when we got "Hit"  Their job was probably
the most stressful of all because they always dealt with the dead and dying everyday.
My sisters you are not forgotten, we love you, we thank you, WE WELCOME YOU
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Medical Units in Vietnam
Hello David

Hello, David--my name is Dusty.
I'm your night nurse.
I will stay with you.
I will check your vitals
every 15 minutes.
I will document
inevitability.
I will hang more blood
and give you something
for your pain.
I will stay with you
and I will touch your face.

Yes, of course,
I will write your mother
and tell her you were brave.
I will write your mother
and tell her how much you loved her.
I will write your mother
and tell her to give your bratty kid sister
a big kiss and hug.
What I will not tell her
is that you were wasted.

I will stay with you
and I will hold your hand.
I will stay with you
and watch your life
flow through my fingers
into my soul.
I will stay with you
until you stay with me.

Goodbye, David---my name is Dusty.
I'm the last person
you will see.
I'm the last person
you will touch.
I'm the last person
who will love you.

So long, David--my name is Dusty.
David--who will give me something
for my pain?

Copyright 1987 by Dusty "Hello, David" originally appeared in
"Shrapnel in the Heart," Random House, 1987
www.DustysPoetry.com
@Lou Sorrin
Women on the Wall

Ltc. Annie Graham
1st Lt Sharon Lane
2nd Lt Pamela Donovan
1st Lt Hedwig Orlowski
Capt Elenor Alexander
2nd Lt Eliabeth Jones
2nd Lt Carol Drazba
Capt Mary Klinker

Another 63 women who were not in the
US military were killed
From your guys......
      thanks for being there
you are not forgotten