by DL Meckes | Nov 17, 2024 | Books, General, Mary Reynolds Powell
By Mary Reynolds Powell Author: A World of Hurt: Between Innocence and Arrogance in Vietnam In May, 1971, I was stationed at the 24th Evacuation Hospital in Vietnam. In July 2018, John Schaninger, a patient, found me after securing hospital records for a VA claim. Our...
by DL Meckes | Nov 17, 2024 | Featured, Mary Reynolds Powell
In 1971, in the life-or-death confines of an intensive care unit of the Army’s 24th Evacuation hospital in Vietnam, a mortally wounded soldier asked nurse Stephanie Genthon for a glass of orange juice. When she told him he couldn’t have anything to drink because of...