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The Other angels a film

Documentary about volunteer civilian nurses in Vietnam. "Walsh's film oscillates between two events: her reunion with other civilian nurses in 1993 at the dedication of the Vietnam War Nurses Memorial in Washington, D.C., and her days in Da Nang, South Vietnam, portrayed through film footage of the war and events surrounding it. ... the nurses ... were sent by the Agency for International Development and the U.S. Health Service. The majority of the nurses were in their twenties, yet were considered old in comparison to the very young GIs. The women often worked for 'twenty-one hours a day, ' spending much of their time teaching Vietnamese nurses and doctors. They lived and ate locally and learned to speak the language. At the twenty-six-year reunion, Walsh and her colleagues recounted their exhausting work days and interactions with the locals and troops. One of the most difficult tasks, according to the women, was running triage. The viewer learns that the hospitals the civilian nurses worked in begged for supplies such as oxygen, but it was reserved for the fighter pilots; they ended up giving ether when treating below-the-spine injuries. The nurses' quarters also often lacked electricity and water. The marginilization of women, even in times of crisis, is highlighted by the lack of supplies and facilities; at the very least, the priority of the war machine is made evident by these hardships. Perhaps most revealing and.

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