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

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www.allpromedia.com (336) 229-7700 422 S. Spring St. Burlington, NC 27215 All Pro Media is a full service production company. We produced this film along with a client. Sue's story, as all veterans, is a powerful one that comes from compassion and dedication. Through her words she expresses who she was, what she saw and how the war affected those around her. With Veterans Day approaching, we salute guys and gals like Sue.
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@jmccracken491 4 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic you remembered her name.

@kenlandon7803 Жыл бұрын

Try social media to find her?

@airbrushken5339 6 ай бұрын

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.

@marinegrunt6633 4 жыл бұрын

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

@sheilalarkin1291 Жыл бұрын

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🙏🏼🇺🇸

@frederickking1660 Жыл бұрын

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

@brmam1385 4 ай бұрын

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.

@KMNavara Жыл бұрын

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

@brmam1385 4 ай бұрын

👍♥🇺🇸

@leighbratcher1998 Жыл бұрын

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!

@user-sc4zh4ci6o Жыл бұрын

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.

@bam1760 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@marksark1119 4 жыл бұрын

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

@TigerKittay Жыл бұрын

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

@doodleng-lz2pd 11 ай бұрын

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

@kenrobison9528 2 жыл бұрын

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

@maricogan2903 Жыл бұрын

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.

@frankdenardo8684 2 жыл бұрын

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

@johnmcjunkin4613 4 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

@@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!!!!

@thehumanityoflife6460 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@RANDY4410 7 ай бұрын

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.

@frankmj9631 Жыл бұрын

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

@howardfortyfive9676 3 жыл бұрын

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.*

@brmam1385 4 ай бұрын

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.

@maureenjones9789 4 жыл бұрын

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

@maureenjones9789 4 жыл бұрын

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 3 жыл бұрын

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 4 жыл бұрын

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 !

@stevenhj3124 9 ай бұрын

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. ☮

@grafenr.3405 3 жыл бұрын

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

@brmam1385 4 ай бұрын

“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.

@gv1967 4 жыл бұрын

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

@rowdy7480 4 жыл бұрын

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

@dominicandrew4863 3 жыл бұрын

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

@topgeardel 2 жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@daveblevins3322 Жыл бұрын

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

@SantaNMS 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@sequoyah59 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@elainecragel4647 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@michaelsupple6081 Жыл бұрын

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 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir for your service too.

@TRockett55IRISH 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@racerd3801 4 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@nigelmorgan3449 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for my freedom and thank you for your service

@stingginner1012 Жыл бұрын

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.

@maverick744 Жыл бұрын

This woman is a hero and has more guts than any of those flag burning waste of air..

@dustyboylson7015 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@sandip.7968 3 жыл бұрын

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

@bobdixon4998 11 ай бұрын

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!!!

@jimmyjs8907 11 ай бұрын

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

@chrisgordon5719 4 жыл бұрын

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

@katandpapa 3 жыл бұрын

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! 🇺🇸🙏❤

@rogerdelffs331 5 жыл бұрын

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 5 жыл бұрын

Outstanding. Thank you for your service.

@mydogblue1 3 жыл бұрын

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 .

@dannybray2486 4 жыл бұрын

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

@johnw.peterson4311 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful lady and human being.

@ypaulbrown 3 жыл бұрын

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

@robertwells6724 Жыл бұрын

Thank all those nurses that went to Vietnam

@PhillipJ Жыл бұрын

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

@kentsaeger8403 3 жыл бұрын

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

@MsShellectable 3 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

@@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 Жыл бұрын

Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden have joined the comments.

@farmerbill6855 Жыл бұрын

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

@bartbug1 3 жыл бұрын

What an amazing lady, was great to view this. She's an amazing person. Proud of her.

@BUSTER.BRATAMUS 2 жыл бұрын

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

@edwardcallahan4610 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your service. I’m a vet and my daughter is a nurse. Thank you.

@robert28111 3 жыл бұрын

What a real beautiful LADY

@michaelmontana4825 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@tonycummings5427 3 жыл бұрын

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 2 жыл бұрын

My daddy and his family are from Marion, NC.

@MrTomengle Жыл бұрын

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

@mrsamzero1 3 жыл бұрын

What an awesome lady!

@michaelfoley417 Жыл бұрын

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

@garywilliams1935 Жыл бұрын

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

@S62bhas 4 жыл бұрын

God Bless You Abundantly Thank You for Your Services

@rfcgong1 3 жыл бұрын

ANOTHER AMERICAN HERO

@sheilapatterson9601 Жыл бұрын

Welcome home Sue Gurley, you are truly an angel!

@ejsocci2630 2 ай бұрын

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

@bronco5644 24 күн бұрын

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

@Spitz79 Жыл бұрын

God bless you Sue and all the veterans.

@nightranger3430 3 жыл бұрын

I am so glad that these ladies are receiving the recognition & admiration that they deserve. I wonder how many young girls in America today would be as willing to do what these brave women did? Thank you Ms. Sue for your service. We love you!

@topgeardel 2 жыл бұрын

The young people of today are smarter than your generation. What you don't want is for them to make dumbass mistakes that you people did going to Vietnam. So-called "bravery" and stupidity can go hand in hand.

@VintageLPs 2 жыл бұрын

@@topgeardel You are the only dumb ass here because you don’t know your American history. EVERY SINGLE ONE of my male friends in the 1960s were DRAFTED. They had no choice: when their number was called, they went wherever they were sent including my 18-yr. old brother and numerous friends. They served their country with honor and did not shirk their duty when called. The draft doggers ran to Canada, yellow cowards that they were. I even had a friend in Army basic training deliberately drop a heavy cement block on his foot at Ft. Lewis, WA to break it in order to get a medical discharge. I know another kid who, after taking monetary advantage of free ROTC money in college, took a bunch of “speed” to flunk his medical exam to receive a medical discharge. The men and women who were sent to Vietnam were not the ones in Washington D.C. making decisions so take your hate and ugliness and stuff it up your yellow a$$ and get off this vlog.

@jimmysharpe8067 2 жыл бұрын

Thank You for your service. I’m from Lucama NC myself and came across this purely by accident and I enjoyed the story so much

@jason-hy8ci Жыл бұрын

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

@richarddecoster4464 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences while serving in the USAF. I was a former A1C from 1987-1991. I was stationed at Shaw AFB in Sumter South Carolina. I served during Desert Storm/Desert Shield. I was a services specialist with the 363rd Combat Support Group/363rd Services Squadron. Food service, billeting, mortuary support.

@laurencebrooks7699 9 ай бұрын

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

@nelsonlanglois8769 3 жыл бұрын

Bless you and Thanks for you care , kindness and service SALUTE

@andrewscrivener6732 Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful person , God bless her !!

@PaulR387 11 ай бұрын

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

@dougstitt1652 Жыл бұрын

Hugs to all nurses

@mgaamerica9185 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service.

@matthewoffenbacher6548 3 жыл бұрын

Love. Easy to recognize. I know.

@Dutychief Жыл бұрын

God bless this lady.

@rjoyce268 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service

@bobc5730 7 ай бұрын

Such a beautiful kind and warm soul

@michaelevans3307 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for all you did for us. God Bless you for what you did.

@robertsickinger2099 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service.Veitnam; VA you did your time.God Bless you.Thamk You.

@bobbycorrigan7969 Жыл бұрын

God Bless you ma'am, thank you for your service on behalf of a great full Nation. 🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸

@peacenow4456 3 ай бұрын

Blessings and love to Sue!!

@dannyarcher6163 3 жыл бұрын

Always the best people who give the most.

@B1900pilot 6 ай бұрын

I was taken care of by Army, Air Force and Navy nurses...They were all wonderful...

@charliebecker2216 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service and dedication to our country.

@davidknudson6382 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service Lt.

@mwayne-yq7vy Жыл бұрын

Thank you. What a blessing and gift you are!

@kraaidievoel 3 жыл бұрын

Women are just as brave as men

@joemomma1968 Жыл бұрын

after the dust settles,,,, these are the true heroes who deserve everything that is thankful in every way,,,,,,for their commitment of service..... thank you young lady ♥️🇺🇸💪