Women who served in Vietnam being recognized with their own monmument. (Originated from Seattle Times) From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: November 11, 1993| Author: Gianas, Greg | COPYRIGHT 1993 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

    Flashbacks to war, 1969: 
    In a hospital in Long Bien, a nurse reads letters from home to a teenage soldier named Mikie, parts of his face blown away in a rocket attack, both eyes gone from their sockets but his brain still eager for news from family and friends. Without warning, blood gushes from his nose. ``No, not Mikie!'' she screams inwardly. She begins to pray. 
    At a hospital in Pleiku, she helps save the leg of a terrified soldier named Sammy. She nurtures him for 23 day...