Vietnam War Veteran | Sue Gurley | Nurse U.S. Air Force| North Carolina

[@frederickking1660]

What an incredible person. They aren't enough like her these days.

[@brmam1385]

You’re wrong, there are plenty like her, serving on military duty, both active duty & Reserves, all over the world. But just like the in country Vietnam nurses, we hear very little about them.

[@jmccracken491]

From out of the Past Sue comes back to my mind. I was at DaNang with the 366 and was wounded and Sue was my nurse what a wonderful girl she was. Would dearly love to meet her again.

[@carolecarr5210]

Fantastic you remembered her name.

[@kenlandon7803]

Try social media to find her?

[@airbrushken5339]

I remember Capt "G" who wrote letters home to my wife and mother and was so nice to me. It was DaNang 95th EVAC who had an Eye Surgeon who did all my operations. She was right, I swear that the gooks were aiming at the RED CROSS. The nurses were so helpful and kind.

[@danielmassey3157]

True?

[@jimamccracken5783]

@@carolecarr5210 My friend I owe that lady my life she means a lot to me.

[@sheilalarkin1291]

The women who served in Vietnam deserve much respect and adoration. They helped our injured loved ones even when the hospitals were under fire. God Bless you Sue, thank you for your service🙏🏼🇺🇸

[@MarvinWine]

I spent 9 months in a military hospital and will be forever grateful to the nurses and doctors who treated me. God bless you all.

[@marinegrunt6633]

You are truly an angel, Sue Gurley......We never forgot our nurses.......You mean so very much to us Vietnam Vets.....

[@leighbratcher1998]

Sue, thank you for your service. I was wounded Sept 5, 1969 and medevacked to the 95th Evac for surgery. I spent that night there, the next morning I was taken to the 366th and spent the night of September 6 there and sent to Japan the next day. You nurses were like angels!

[@KMNavara]

There are not words to thank you for your service to our country.

[@brmam1385]

👍♥🇺🇸

[@doodleng-lz2pd]

It’s amazing how they never complain. Salute with respect!

[@marksark1119]

God Bless all the nurses who served in Vietnam and in all other wars.🙏

[@kenrobison9528]

To all those fine men and women out there that serve Vietnam, thank you for your service. Remember everyone deployed. God bless you all.

[@TigerKittay]

Thank you for your service Sue Gurley, you've touched many lives.

[@bam1760]

As a nurse at St joe''s hsp Peds albuq---we had a military nurse who served in Vietnam join our unit. Her cap and dress were military nurse style. I will always remember how subdued, quiet and aloof she was. She was very good with the ped pts, she really didn't join in the camaraderie with us. I think none of us could understand/relate to what her Vietnam experiences were. This was 72? Through the years I would think about her, not ever really knowing her, but her presence did touch me. I hope she is well in her old age. Thank you for your history and service.

[@johnmcjunkin4613]

Those tears in her eyes, are the same kind of tears, that so many combat veterans share. It never mattered what job you had when in service to your country.....just that you served when your country needed you the most...is important enough.

[@topgeardel]

Yea sure. The USA "needed" it's youth to defend and protect it in Vietnam...7500 miles across the entire Pacific Ocean from the US. Man, do you drink the Kool Aid.

[@johnmcjunkin4613]

@@topgeardel: I ain't talking politics or policies of any war..... I'm talking about something personal, shared between current military service members, veterans from previous times, and military spouses and families. If you wanna bring smoke on political bull$#it, you do it on someone else's time.

[@topgeardel]

@@johnmcjunkin4613 NO...my comments are exactly where they are supposed to be...on these Kool Aid propaganda videos that vulnerable younger generations watch. Vietnam veterans have done a horrendous job trying to keep this country out of future Vietnams.

[@johnmcjunkin4613]

@@topgeardel: I think you need a lobotomy. Because it's the politicians, the lobbyists, the special interests groups, and global leaders, who start wars.

[@sugarkane4830]

@@topgeardel Well it’s your government you need to talk to. Not pick holes in something a vet is saying to another vet. A sheared experience Something you or I could not understand. You come across as not at all a nice person. Young no experience of life I bet and waving the red flag. Hey ho!!!!

[@frankdenardo8684]

Thanks for serving. My ex girlfriend was a United States Navy nurse who spent twenty years. She served in Saudi Arabia during the Persian Gulf war

[@josephhorning9077]

You shouldn't have let her get away.

[@frankdenardo8684]

@josephhorning9077 I do get to see her. She lives in Virginia, and I go there every year.

[@maricogan2903]

I have been working as a nurse for over 40 years. Early in my career I worked in the Emergency Department with some Viet Nam nurse veterans. They were some sturdy women and could run circles around ALL of the younger nurses.

[@chrisgordon5719]

I have a cousin that was a graduate RN. She wanted to join the US Air Force and be a Flight Nurse. She didn't qualify because of a bad knee. So she joined the Army. Rose the rank of Major. She never went to Viet Nam. She spent her career in Texas at the big Burn Center. After a couple of years there, she burned out. It didn't matter where you were. It was tough duty for anyone. These nurses are real hero's. See all of those wrecked Americans. What we hold in memory is ours forever

[@tbone6203]

Mrs gurley I spent 22 yrs in the marine corps - ive been deployed to hell and back- i was born and raised in four oaks n.c

[@thehumanityoflife6460]

Anyone who experienced combat life will never recover mentally. Look at her, she is still hurting inside. She did a great job it looks like, helping the wounded. And still doing it. I wish her the best.

[@howardfortyfive9676]

Wow what a wonderful woman to become a Nurse as tho she'd made the choice to be trained in Nursing to care for the young men that came to her hospital. Then to top it off with serving some 30yr with the VA. *Welcome Home Sue Gurley.*

[@frankmj9631]

Tears bursting out of my eyes right now....my Dad never made it back from Vietnam. There are no words to describe how Thankful will always be to you Sue for your serving to our country and protecting our Nation. May God bless you always and God Bless America. Sincerely; United States Navy Petty Officer 1st class Frank J Mina

[@maureenjones9789]

Thank you Linda, I was there in ‘72, 366MMS, loader.

[@maureenjones9789]

Also Linda, I have written a book, and it does contain a chapter on DaNang. I would be happy to send you a copy if you like. Just get me an address. Be safe.

[@richarddrury8319]

I wonder how many know MMS stands for munition maintenance squadron. That's when I was there and that's what I was. We may have met. God bless you veteran.

[@dalerash4111]

I spent the second half of my tour in Da Nang in the 156 Heavy Equipment Maintenance Co., right on the highway in front of Marble Mt. I was there from April thru August 1968, we were often mortared and got rockets also, 8 men were killed by a rocket just before I got there, the other 4 were badly wounded, 3 lost both of their legs, 1 had shrapnel wounds in his torso. Thank you for your service, we all have a part of the time we spent over there, that has stayed with us all of our lives !

[@dominicandrew4863]

This woman is a true patriot. God bless her! Wish today’s young people had her courage.

[@topgeardel]

Courage? Maybe what the young people need is the wisdom of not going to illegal wars where they have NO right or reason to be. Hopefully the young people are smarter than this woman...and you....and not make the huge mistakes that you both did. The fact that your generation doesn't communicate that to the young people is appalling.

[@FIGGY65]

@@topgeardelAll that is appalling is your continued disrespect to those who personally chose to serve , at their time and place, for their own reasons. THAT is the point of this video ( and all of the similar ones on YT; they are for historical preservation after all) . They are sharing their experiences and souls with us, and they don’t need to be judged by YOU.

[@topgeardel]

@@FIGGY65 Back up buddy. THE most appalling thing is 60000 Americans lost their American Dream for NOTHING....volunteer or forced. What's appalling is the USA wasted itself for 10 years for a war that meant nothing. Historical record my ass. I'm a part of their historical record and care about future generations that will get manipulated into future Vietnams. All those F'ing heroes you care about didn't do sh*t to keep us out of those "Vietnams".. I learned at a young age...you can be sincere, but sincerely wrong. That's what I think of your volunteer heroes. Lastly....you don't have a clue what "appalling" means.

[@grafenr.3405]

Thank you lady for your service. I'm from a small in NC to. I served with the first infantry division in Iraq.

[@racerd3801]

This is the face of a true hero, she felt she needed to serve out great country and she dedicated her life to it. My only wish is that the young people in our country could see her story and learn from it. All the women that served in Vietnam are heros to me, but I don,t really feel that their story has been told. I wonder if Hanoi Jane ever gave a damn about the women that served with honor in a war zone? Thank you with all my heart from another Vietnam vet that served at PhanRang 68,69 and still enjoy the amazing service I receive from the VA. GOD BLESS all our service members, they all give much more than they receive .

[@topgeardel]

In truth....the only thing the young people need to learn from her and others is the HUGE mistake she made thinking going to Vietnam was somehow "serving" her country. She didn't belong there anymore than the men who foolishly allowed their Government to send them somewhere they had no legitimate right or reason to be. The Vietnam generation failed to have an influence on Government policy in the years ahead and the US got into other "Vietnams" in Somalia, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. You people live in a state of delusional propaganda.

[@clayz1]

Thank you Sue for your service. I like that some servicemen commented about you. You touched lives.

[@stingginner1012]

Great respect for this woman veteran. In 1971 at Danang I was walking in the Main Compound when a daytime rocket attack was made. I dropped down in a drainage ditch and looked around, and saw a girl in Air Force Medical whites, (a Sergeant E4), just standing there. I jumped up and pulled her into the drainage ditch jumping on top of her. I was yelling at all the other new people to get down. Then the sirens started going off. When the all clear was called I called all the new people over who all out ranked me to come over for a talk. I expressed that when under rocket attack you had to get flat on the ground then look for shelter or die. The Medical Technician was crying because her whites were filthy, and she thought she would get in trouble when she returned to work. I told her they will be happy she was alive and if not when I found out they wouldn't like my response. I always wondered what happened to that young girl in Medical Whites.

[@MichaelCoffman-w6o]

Hopefully that young girl remembers you, and quietly thanks you every now and then for what you did and has lived a good life.

[@ronaldmason7053]

God bless you Sue - for your valor and selfless contribution to the men who bravely served in Vietnam. You're an angel on Earth!

[@michaelsupple6081]

Having been a twice wounded Marine in Vietnam I can very personally relate to this video. I have very fond memories of the care I received from the nurses while I was recovering. Interestingly I was cared for both times by the very same nurse about nine months apart. The difference in her demeanor was a very sharp contrast. The first time she had just arrived in Vietnam and was shy and reserved which we took to our advantage . The second time she was completely different person. She brimmed with confidence and showed us very little mercy while at the same time showing us love and great care. The second wound was much more serious so I was shipped back to Bethesda Naval Hospital where I remained for a year. I had equally positive experiences with the nurses there, some who had been to Vietnam themselves. I will always be eternally grateful for the kind , gentle and competent care I received during that time. Thank you all for your service.

[@kayeb7809]

Thank you sir for your service too.

[@eschmidtiii4673]

Thank you. I remember my nurse, don’t remember her name, only the care she showed me.

[@gv1967]

Can still see the hurt. Thank you for your service. God bless you.

[@b.d.olaivar3410]

We are proud of you .I never got hit ,but some of my buddys did and knowing peaple like you were there for them helped us .feeling if we get them to you they would be OK. We are PROUD of you BDO

[@daveblevins3322]

Thank you so much for your service Sue 🙏🇺🇸 (former USAF Sgt)

[@RANDY4410]

Sue seems like one of the kindest nurses you ever want to meet she has a very sweet personality, I know everyone took to her in Vietnam because of her kindness it stood out, thank you so much Sue Gurley for your service may God continue to bless you.

[@elainecragel4647]

Thank you so much for your sacrifice and service to our country. Welcome home! God Bless. From a retired hospital chaplain. Your the hero's.

[@sandip.7968]

Sincere thanks for your service to our great country! I applaud your courage, tenacity and dedication to the many injured patients you helped.

[@sequoyah59]

It seems like it would be a challenge to keep up with a woman like her. She has such depth, experience and apparent composure. An ability to think, reason , cope and challenge herself.

[@dongavenda5794]

When you touch war, It touches you back. Sometimes in a good way, sometimes not so good. Vietnam (69 & 70)

[@dustyboylson7015]

I HAVE NEVER MET A NURSE THAT WAS NOT A TRUE HERO, WHETHER THEY WERE MILITARY OR NON MILITARY, THEY ARE THE BACKBONE AND THE 1ST LINE OF DEFENSE THAT WE SEE DURING ANY MEDICAL PROCESS. THE MILITARY NURSES ARE AS UNBELEIVABLY HEROIC AS THE THOSE ON THE FRONT LINES. AS BAD AS ANY WAR ZONE IS FOR ANY SERVICE PERSONEL THAT HAS HAD TO HAVE BEEN THERE, BEINGTAKEN CARE OF BY THESE "ANGELS OF MERCY" IS A BLESSING. DURING THIS TIME OF CRISIS SAY A PRAYER TO ST. AGNES WHO IS THE PATRON SAINT FOR NURSES. IF YOU KNOW A NURSE, LOOK DEEP AT THEM AND THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS FOR HIM OR HER. GOD BLESS OUR NURSES, 1ST RESPONDERS AND ALL OF OUR SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN ALL OVER THE WORLD.

[@REBELSCL]

Bless this woman…

[@josephhorning9077]

God bless you! You are truly an angel in disguise.

[@muddywaters538]

Thank you for your service. God bless you

[@robertwells6724]

Thank all those nurses that went to Vietnam

[@SantaNMS]

God Bless this woman! I always admired the Vietnam Vets and Nurses growing up. A lot of my teachers in school were Vietnam Vets and Nurses from Vietnam. These folks did not play around! Much, much stricter times then. I have found them to be among the wisest, most intelligent people I have ever had the pleasure to meet. I have incredible respect for these men and women who came before me!

[@TRockett55IRISH]

Just an outstanding interview as the son of a Canadian USMC Vietnam War Veteran ive got nothing but the utmost respect for her and her generation that served.

[@nigelmorgan3449]

Thank you for my freedom and thank you for your service

[@bronco5644]

She was such a special patriotic American to have volunteered for this service to her country during this time! ❤

[@JamesSmith-pc6bh]

A salute from an old soldier, ma'am.

[@johnw.peterson4311]

What a beautiful lady and human being.

[@stevenhj3124]

Two words come to mind Sue Gurley. "Well done." I am of your generation. I went to Vietnam on the USS FOX (DLG-33) 1968-69. ☮

[@davidsoule1252]

Awesome! She is an angel. Vietnam 1970 (5 months), Vietnam 1972 (7 months) both aboard USS Joseph Strauss DDG-36 for me. Vietnam for another 3 months aboard USS John S. McCain DDG-36 (1972) for me. I love these nurses. None were drafted or were about to be drafted. I only volunteered to serve in the Navy because I was about to be drafted. These nurses volunteered. None of them had to volunteer. I applaud all of them.

[@MsShellectable]

Sue Gurley has an enormous heart, and she gave so much of herself to help the soldiers she tended. She still carries the pain of those soldiers. I am 70, a lifelong liberal and former hippie chick who would not have understood her sacrifice back then. I'm very moved by what Sue gave for so many.

[@topgeardel]

Don't beat up on yourself. You didn't have to understand her sacrifice b/c YOU didn't belong in Vietnam anymore than the men who were in that illegal war. It was utter foolishness for Americans to be where they didn't belong and sacrifice their lives at the same time. Stay the "hippie chick" that you really are. -))

[@VintageLPs]

@@topgeardel You will go to your grave with the black soul of an idiot who does not know the history of the Vietnam soldier and nurse. I hear Putin is looking for anti-Americans just like you. See how long you last over there without the freedoms won for your sorry ass in this country by the men and women who served. 🇺🇸

[@chccooperider1377]

Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden have joined the comments.

[@Sundance1987]

Yes, the nurses were devoted and brave; I have worked with RNs as a Medical Social Worker and Hospice Counselor for 25 years; yet her words as tears appear, did not express the also thousands of Vietnamese civilians, children, elderly who were killed, in a war that was only brutal, politically motivated and profoundly illegal & unjust. P.S. I have very dear Vietnamese friends. -Retired in Florida, USA

[@brmam1385]

“Knowing what I know I’d do it again.” Anyone can see the pain still in her eyes combined with the strength & determination in her face. Thank you, ma’am from an ANC.

[@brmam1385]

After leaving stateside AD in ‘73, I worked @ the Tucson VA. We had a nurse on my unit who’d come off AD in Vietnam to us. She was very quiet & withdrawn, but got along well w/both patients & staff. She freq worked nite shift, & one night a lung cancer pt, who’d been up & about, essentially self-care had what was discovered on autopsy to be that a lung mass had perforated a lung artery & he’d exsanguinated (bled to death) all over his 3 bed room. She never came back to our hospital at the end of her shift. I’ve thought of her over the past 50 yrs, hoping she went on to live a life with joy & love.

[@HB224222]

THANK YOU SUE SO MUCH. I AM A VETERAN AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU!!

[@johnvercellone1988]

Salt of the earth..

[@bobdixon4998]

You Sue, are a not a major Angel, you're a four star Angel!!! All of your adult life in service to soldiers and veterans! You're one of the highest ranking angels there are!!!

[@rogerdelffs331]

I too served at Danang 68-69. The 366th Dispensary was located with the 22th Casualty Staging Flight not the 95th. The 95th was the Army Hospital.

[@Allpromedia]

Outstanding. Thank you for your service.

[@sarahloftus3367]

Thank you so much for your service in Vietnam and your many years serving at the VA. So sadly, Americans didn’t appreciate you then, but so many of us appreciate you now. You are a hero.

[@mydogblue1]

From someone who on many occasions was treated by military doctors and nurses, Thank you for your service Sue !!!! And I'm not far from you . I live in Danville, Va .

[@justaguy4788]

Welcome home Sue.

[@bobwershing3505]

*THESE*, THE GREATEST OF US ALL ❤

[@jason-hy8ci]

WELCOME HOME LINDA SUE!🎉....... We ❤ YOU, and THANK YOU!! 🎊🇺🇸🎉

[@katandpapa]

She is a true hero! What a beautiful person, inside and out! Having her caring for my wounds would at the very least would be a morale booster...God bless all of our caregivers! 🇺🇸🙏❤

[@kentsaeger8403]

Thank you so much for your service god bless l turned 19 in veitnam 1969 I was in the same area

[@USMC-Veteran73-77]

Thank you for your service during the Vietnam War. Your hometown of Wilson, NC, is close to Camp LeJeune, where I was stationed Jan-Jul 74 and Sep75-Oct77. Again, thank you for your service.

[@rowdy7480]

Welcome Home, Sue! ...and to all of you Vietnam Vets commenting, Welcome Home!

[@peacenow4456]

Blessings and love to Sue!!

[@robertgeorge4064]

Thank you, Sue .

[@PaulR387]

It’s great seeing all these lovely brave ladies who did their duty, bless them all

[@farmerbill6855]

May God bless her and all who follow in her footsteps. Thank you Ma'am for your service to our country.

[@jasoncanadian]

This is a great reminder of the women in War. The nurses were the backbone of medical service -- they literally were the frontline of hands-on medicine. Thank-you for your service, but more so ... thank-you for coming home and living a Life of Honor.

[@BUSTER.BRATAMUS]

American Hero...Thank You for your service !!

[@ypaulbrown]

Sue, you are a wonderful woman.....

[@jimmyjs8907]

Thank you for your service. You are an American hero.

[@Snaproll47518]

Thank you for sharing your very personal story and emotions.

[@ejsocci2630]

Welcome home Sue, thank you so so much for your service, you angel 👊🏻🇺🇸

[@networth9151]

Just a beautiful story. Thanks Sue

[@Palmetto705]

Ron 66-67 11th act wounded 1/10/67.evacuated to 3rd. Surgical hospital and I’ll never forget the nurses that cared for me . They were wonderful and caring. I thank God for the combat nurses that took care of us and I make it a point to thank everyone I meet.

[@tonycummings5427]

Hi Sue, I live in Marion NC. And I just wanted to tell you Thank You For Your Service And Sacrifice and God bless you.

[@amandawhisnant2270]

My daddy and his family are from Marion, NC.

[@jimtaylorsr]

Sue, I hope you are still reading the comments for this video; I served in Nom in 72-73. I was shot at a lot but I'm one of the lucky ones as far as dodging the incoming. I have cancer and heart disease but I still feel blessed. I just wanted to say God Bless You my military Sister! Jim, Rocky Mount, NC

[@michaelfoley417]

To all the veterans and their families To the doctors nurses and healthcare workers Thank you for your service and sacrifice loluv Be Blessed

[@PhillipJ]

Thankyou for your service ma’am! 🇺🇸🫡🫡🇺🇸

[@specag31]

Special place in Heaven for her and all combat medics, corpmen, nurses and doctors.

[@bobc5730]

Such a beautiful kind and warm soul

[@dannybray2486]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your service!!!! You are an inspiration!!!

[@dougstitt1652]

Hugs to all nurses

[@garywilliams1935]

Another hero-angel in a nurses uniform. Bravo !!!

[@Spitz79]

God bless you Sue and all the veterans.

[@prestonlard7687]

Thank you you are brave loved and very much appreciated for the woman you are from a fellow nam vet much love

[@johnlaycock583]

God Bless you Sue! Thank you for helping all those young troops! Very fine service! We respect you! John, CuChi RVN 25th ID.

[@henryfalcon8208]

awesome lady, God bless her always.

[@rvierra7235]

Ma'am, Thank you for your service. You are a Patriot.

[@JuanSanchez-zg7ti]

These are the real Vietnam Heroes that can talk about what is PTSD. No words to describe your heroism .Thank all of you nurses ,from all service branches, for your outstanding sacrifice and service . You saved more lives than you think.

[@MrTomengle]

God Bless You for all that you did for all of us. Thomas Engle. First Sergeant, US Army Ret.

[@michaelmontana4825]

Thank you so much, Sue, for your care and dedication to Veterans! I was sent to the USS Sanctuary while in Vietnam, and will always remember how good I felt to see the American nurses and doctors who took care of us. God bless you all! I see a lot of pain in your eyes and I hope God has healed you.

[@laurencebrooks7699]

Love her story---nurses are forgotten hero's...love those who serve mankind in the medical field.

[@omahaL98]

Thank you for serving.

[@troyberry3123]

God Bless you