“I thought I was going to die that day! The Viet Cong launched a brutal attack, and the explosion hit like a freight train, its deafening roar slamming into my ears just seconds before the shockwave hurled us off our feet, Doors were ripped from their hinges, and windows were shattered into a thousand pieces.
“The pandemonium jolted me back to reality. I grabbed my flak jacket and sprinted to the Intensive Care Unit. Were the enemy already inside our perimeter, AK-47s in hand, bayonets fixed? It didn’t matter. My mission was clear — Protect the soldiers in my care. They came first, no matter what.”
—Ginny Dornheggen
The is Ginny suctioning a patient after the attack.
Ginny despite all she experienced, witnessed during time in Vietnam was very humble about her service, for years, her husband did not know she had the Bronze Star. She did not think she should have it. Since 1941, the military gives the Bronze Star Medal for heroic or meritorious service. It bothers Ginny that all nurses did not get the Bronze Star. Eventually, she accepted the medal and began wearing it for her work in country. She remains unassuming. She does not think she deserves any recognition. Yet the dreams and memories of being overrun remain. She feels her story must be told for those still suffering their own hell of PTSD.
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Awesome, wonder how many malingerers they had with her working at the hospital though?
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“I thought I was going to die that day! The Viet Cong launched a brutal attack, and the explosion hit like a freight train, its deafening roar slamming into my ears just seconds before the shockwave hurled us off our feet, Doors were ripped from their hinges, and windows were shattered into a thousand pieces.
“The pandemonium jolted me back to reality. I grabbed my flak jacket and sprinted to the Intensive Care Unit. Were the enemy already inside our perimeter, AK-47s in hand, bayonets fixed? It didn’t matter. My mission was clear — Protect the soldiers in my care. They came first, no matter what.”
—Ginny Dornheggen
The is Ginny suctioning a patient after the attack.
https://preview.redd.it/q7zk7lwfrg2g1.jpeg?width=1038&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=970135d49131e598b97630ba590e89c941d6baa6
Ginny despite all she experienced, witnessed during time in Vietnam was very humble about her service, for years, her husband did not know she had the Bronze Star. She did not think she should have it. Since 1941, the military gives the Bronze Star Medal for heroic or meritorious service. It bothers Ginny that all nurses did not get the Bronze Star. Eventually, she accepted the medal and began wearing it for her work in country. She remains unassuming. She does not think she deserves any recognition. Yet the dreams and memories of being overrun remain. She feels her story must be told for those still suffering their own hell of PTSD.
oldschoolcute
Awesome, wonder how many malingerers they had with her working at the hospital though?
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