Catalog Number: VIS 201.480
In this interview, Virginia Lee Deardorff Dornheggen relates her experiences as a United States Army nurse in Vietnam. She describes her family’s involvement in World War II and other influences that informed her decision to become a nurse. She describes her education and enlistment in the Army. She details her training and arrival in Vietnam. She describes her duties and experiences at the 67th Evac Hospital. She relates experiences she had on leave and how they relieved stress. She recounts arriving home and her subsequent career and family. She discusses Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and how she copes with hers.