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Judges and Judiciary,
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Nov. 16, 2018

Justice recalls the good and bad of her past as a nurse in Vietnam

California Court of Appeal Justice Eileen Moore delivered a heart-wrenching speech at the Vietnam Women’s Memorial on Sunday.

Justice recalls the good and bad of her past as a nurse in Vietnam
Judge Eileen Moore

California Court of Appeal Justice Eileen Moore delivered a heart-wrenching speech at the Vietnam Women’s Memorial on Sunday.

“Every night in the nurses’ quarters, quiet sobs could be heard,” said Moore, who in 1966 served as a combat nurse for the 85th Evacuation Hospital located in Qui Nhon. “I doubt any nurse came away from that war without emotional wounds.”

Nurses were trained to make people b...

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