Saturday, July 29, 2017

Lou Eisenbrandt, RN: Military Emergency Nurse (retired), Book Author






While preparing for this photograph, Lou Eisenbrandt advised me of her involuntary tremors. She suffers with Parkinson's disease from exposure to Agent Orange.


Lou served in the United States Army's 91st Evacuation Hospital in Chu Lai, Vietnam, as an emergency nurse from 1969 to 1970 - the height of the war. 

She was exposed to Agent Orange while cutting fatigues off wounded soldiers; their clothing was coated with the herbicide.

Lou recounts evocative experiences in her book, "Vietnam Nurse: Mending & Remembering." (Deeds Publishing). She was honored with an award from the Military Writers Society of America

Photograph © 2017 Larry F. Levenson. All rights reserved.

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