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Home before morning The story of an army nurse in Vietnam

Christopher Van Devanter, Lynn; Morgan

Book by VanDevanter, Lynda

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The speaker mentions interviewing many people in Vietnam and America who had strong opinions about the war and the death of Diem, believing the Americans were responsible for it and that it negatively impacted the war effort. The book was used as a source of information for the speaker's understanding of the Vietnam War.

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I met many people when I was researching my book on Vietnam in Vietnam and in America in exile, who said whatever we thought of Diem and even though we knew he was corrupt, he was Vietnamese.

— Episode: The Vietnam War

Episode: The Vietnam War

The speaker mentions interviewing many people in Vietnam and America who had strong opinions about the war and the death of Diem, believing the Americans were responsible for it and that it negatively impacted the war effort. The book was used as a source of information for the speaker's understanding of the Vietnam War.

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I met many people when I was researching my book on Vietnam in Vietnam and in America in exile, who said whatever we thought of Diem and even though we knew he was corrupt, he was Vietnamese.

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Julia Louis-Dreyfus highlighted the book during her conversation with Sally Field, describing it as a jaw‑dropping account of frontline nurses in Vietnam that first exposed the trauma of war. She noted its significance in shedding light on women's experiences at a time when serious films about them were scarce. The discussion conveyed strong admiration for the work.

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Episode: Julia Gets Wise with Sally Field

The book was about nurses on the front line of Vietnam, a jaw dropping story about the trauma of war.

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And we had these projects and one of them was so good and it was before the films really started to come out about Vietnam and we had this book um called "Home Before Morning" which was about nurses on the front line of Vietnam and it was jaw dropping it was Kunu and it was the first time you took a look at the trauma of war and of course we would go to these studios and they would go well we don't want to see our little sadly do this what uh huh and you just it was so hard to get any serious films about women made

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