Kristin Hannah, the author of “The Nightingale,” takes readers back to the 1960s with her new release, “The Women.” This book illuminates a woman who served as a nurse in the Vietnam War. If you’re ...

War is often erroneously understood as a purely masculine arena. But women have always played indispensable roles in battle, even if they’ve been historically relegated to the sidelines—and the ...

Over 265,000 American women served in the military during the Vietnam War, including 11,000 in Vietnam—90% as volunteer nurses handling critical trauma cases. Their responsibilities included treating ...

Kristin Hannah's latest novel is called "The Women," but the title rings true for all of her novels. From ”The Nightingale” to “The Four Winds,” a Read With Jenna pick, Hannah has become known for ...

The idea to write about nurses in combat zones in the Vietnam War came easy, novelist Kristin Hannah says. The writing? Not so much. “The Vietnam War was such a shadow across my childhood,” Hannah ...

Over 265,000 American women served in the military during the Vietnam War, including 11,000 in Vietnam. Women’s History Month officially takes place in March, but that doesn’t mean that one must ...

ENID, Okla. — Artwork honoring the service of women during the Vietnam War was unveiled during a ceremony marking National Vietnam War Veterans Day on Saturday , March 29, 2025, at Woodring Wall of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Vietnamese ...

National Archives records show the Defence Act was amended in May 1965 to provide that conscripts could have to serve ...