A Monument To Memory (The Radio Operator)

I am ambivalent about Memorial Day. On the one hand, it offends me that, for most Americans, Memorial Day has become just another holiday weekend--a getaway to the beach, the opening of the pool, a sale at the garden center. I once served as an Army nurse, in a stateside hospital to which wounded soldiers were evacuated regularly. So for me, the "memorial" part of the weekend always overshadows the "holiday" part.

A half-century after joining the Army Nurse Corps, a woman reflects on the long-ago choice, made as a girl

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