In 1969, at just 22 years old, Margaret “Peggy” Mancuso left everything behind to serve as a U.S. Army nurse at the 71st Evacuation Hospital in Pleiku, She worked endless shifts as medevac helicopters thundered in day and night, carrying wave after wave of broken young soldiers. Holding the hands of dying boys calling for their mothers, fought desperately in surgery to save lives and limbs, and yet she kept going even as rockets shook the ground beneath her feet. The horrors she witnessed stayed with her forever, yet her courage and compassion never wavered. Peggy came home forever changed, carrying silent scars she rarely spoke about. That single year forged the strong, quiet hero so many would come to admire. #TheVietnamWar #VietnamNurse #ArmyNurse #NeverForgotten