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Stuart Meridan

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Stuart Meridan recalls a few instances of his aid stations taking German artillery fire in Northern Italy. (3:12)

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Stuart Meridan describes his closest call with artillery fire in Northern Italy. (2:44)

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Stuart Meridan describes the unique fear that comes from hearing artillery shells overhead. (:56)

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Stuart Meridan remembers one tactic used by soldiers to get off the frontlines. (:40)

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Stuart Meridan talks about the role he played supporting aid stations near the frontlines in Italy. (7:30)

Sue Stohr

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Sue Stohr had already served three years in the Army Nurse Corps and got out, but when Vietnam heated up, she felt she should be there. She volunteered to go and, after a few months of preparation, she arrived at Bien Hoa. Nothing could have prepared her for the heat and humidity. (4:21)

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Army nurse Sue Stohr arrived in Vietnam, was issued her fatigues and patches, and taken on a bus to Saigon, where the 3rd Field Hospital was located. Saigon was chaotic and busy and the surgery ward only a little less so. (4:29)

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The shifts at the hospital were 12 hours and there were all kinds of injuries and wounds. Army nurse Sue Stohr describes the area of Saigon around the hotel, which had many important locations including General Westmoreland's villa. The roof of the building where she was billeted was her living room. (6:05)

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Sue Stohr had a roommate in Saigon and they still correspond. Her roommate was a Red Cross worker and she and the Red Cross in general were a tremendous help to the nurses at the 3rd Field Hospital. Many more wounded men were saved during the Vietnam War as opposed to previous wars because of the advent of helicopter evacuations. (5:22)

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There were tropical diseases around in Vietnam but what got Army nurse Sue Stohr sick was eating out in Saigon. Everybody took their malaria pills on Mondays but she had to stop because of the side effects. Halfway through her tour she was made head nurse at the hospital which, unfortunately, didn't come with a promotion in rank. (3:52)