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What veteran Army nurses say about their experiences serving in Vietnam

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About 7,000 American women served in Vietnam as nurses during the war.

Nancy Wells spent her waking hours stitching injured Americans back together amid the haze of the Vietnam War .

When not on the hospital wards, Wells and her fellow nurses lived like other soldiers.

"It seemed like the choppers would never stop coming in with the wounded," she said.

Many nurses who served in Vietnam tried to put the war out of their heads and get on with life at home.

For decades , they struggled to talk about their experiences, even with close friends and family.

The legacy of the Vietnam nurses is now remembered with statewide celebrations and annual gatherings at the memorial.

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