Northern Michigan University alumna Mary Stolze of Kingsford recently told fellow members of the U.P. Nurses Honor Guard about her experience serving as a field nurse in Vietnam. She recalled working 16- to 18-hour shifts, caring for injured U.S. soldiers as well as the Vietnamese, children and prisoners of war. Shortly after becoming a registered nurse, Stolze joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in 1968 with a direct commission to go to Vietnam. She later earned her BSN degree from NMU in 1990. Read an Iron Mountain Daily News feature story on Stolze here.
Nov. 11, 2024
Stolze stands at the Vietnam War Memorial on top of Pine Mountain. She is dressed in the Upper Peninsula Nurses Honor Guard’s traditional white uniform, cap, and blue and red cape. (Terri Castelaz/Daily News photo)
Stolze at Phu Bai Evac hospital, 40 miles south of the DMZ in Vietnam.
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