Carol Olson of Howland, left, places a candle in remembrance of one of the eight nurses who died in Vietnam while Johanne Bartholomew, also of Howland, leaves a white rose and places her hand on the ...

On this Memorial Day weekend, let's check in once again with StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative. They record and share stories of service members and their families. Carol Kirk has a long history ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Linda Knightstep was only 9 years old when she made a decision that would determine the path her life would take. “It was very clear to me that caring for others was what I wanted to ...

On a Sunday morning 55 years ago in Chu Lai, Vietnam, retired Army Col. Elizabeth G. Gorman Jr. had just sent the nurses under her command off to church when a frantic call came over the radio. A ...

ENID, Okla. — Eight women whose names are on the Vietnam Memorial Wall at the Woodring Wall of Honor and Veterans Park will be honored at a special ceremony on March 29, 2025, for National Vietnam War ...

Over 265,000 American women served in the military during the Vietnam War, including 11,000 in Vietnam. Women’s History Month officially takes place in March, but that doesn’t mean that one must ...

As part of our StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, we hear from Army Major Carol Kirk. She deployed to Vietnam as an Army nurse in 1969 and remembers some of the men she cared for. On this ...