Nevada IX

I thought today in honor of women's month that I would post the only memorial I have found that specifically singles out the Nurses killed in 'Nam from the men.

It happens to be in Nevada at the Northern Nevada Veterans Cemetery. It is 40 miles east of Reno.

Their names are hard to see here so, here they are: 

1st LT. Sharon Ann Lane USA

2nd LT. Carol Ann Elizabeth Drazba USA

Capt. Elinor Grace Alexander USA

2nd LT. Elizabeth Ann Jones USA

1st LT. Hedwig Diane Orlowski USA

2nd LT. Pamela Dorathy Donovan USA

LT. Col. Annie Ruth Graham USA

Capt. Mary Therese Klinker USAF

There are some interesting stories about some of these women and perhaps I will share them at a later date.

These heroes and the 59 civilian women who died in 'Nam are among the roughly 11,000 who served in the war. I wonder how many of us owe them a debt and how we repay that debt?

Next time, on March 20th, we will return to New Hampshire to honor a few who were lost from the state, so join me there, as usual at 9:00 am. 

If you are following along at all, you will have seen that a number of you, like Joan from Wisconsin, Tony from Texas, Mike from Maryland, Ron from Florida, Tim from Virginia, Molly from Florida, Colleen from Pennsylvania, Elli from Maryland, and Peg and Ray from Florida, among others, have responded to my request to send me memorials you have seen in your area or where you may have traveled. I even got one from Ireland! These submissions help expand the knowledge of how we have remembered the men and women who served and/or were lost in 'Nam, and you help to honor them. If you have any such photos, I would love to see them. Please send them along to the email at the left and I will gladly share them here.

I hope all those listed here will encourage you to send along photos and join the group.