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Vietnam Vet Cheryl Person
Episode 3267 of the Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature a story about the lone female Vietnam Vet on the latest Midwest Honor Flight. The featured story is titled: Female veteran on Honor Flight remembers Vietnam. It appeared on KELO- TV and was submitted by Sydney Hoier.
Hoier reported that Cheryl Person represents the courage, compassion, and quiet strength of the remarkable women who served during the Vietnam War. As an Army nurse stationed at the 24th Evacuation Hospital in Long Binh, Vietnam, she served during some of the war’s most difficult years. Her hospital became one of the busiest in the country because other medical facilities were shutting down, leaving her unit with the only neurosurgeons and burn center available. Day after day, Cheryl and her fellow nurses worked tirelessly to save wounded soldiers, often under exhausting and heartbreaking conditions.
Female Vietnam veterans like Cheryl displayed extraordinary bravery that often went unnoticed for decades. These women were not on the front lines carrying rifles, but they fought their own battle in operating rooms, emergency wards, and recovery units where lives hung in the balance every minute. Their compassion, skill, and sacrifice helped countless young Americans survive the horrors of war.
Even many years later, Cheryl still treasures the friendships formed with the nurses she served beside, proof of the deep bonds created through service and sacrifice. Though hesitant at first to participate in an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., she ultimately made the journey in memory of her late husband, also a Vietnam veteran, whose encouragement inspired her to go.
During the trip, Cheryl especially appreciated the Vietnam Women’s Memorial, a powerful tribute to the heroic women of Vietnam. Her story reminds Americans that female Vietnam veterans were among the greatest of that generation — courageous patriots whose dedication, resilience, and humanity deserve lasting honor and gratitude.
Listen to Episode 3267 and discover more about the lone female Vietnam Vet on the latest Midwest Honor Flight.
