Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. In “The Nurse With Round Eyes,” Gayle Smith describes her experiences in the 3rd Surgical Hospital in Binh Thuy during the U.S.-Vietnam Conflict. Although she had objected to the war being waged by the United States against the Vietnamese, she wanted to go to Vietnam to help people who did not belong there and too try and bring people back home. In the midst of a hospital compound surrounded by army engineers, the Air Force and the Navy, Gayle could hear shells going off each night in the distance. Such fear made her dream often of somebody opening her door to her sleeping quarters and throwing in a grenade. Eventually, though, she realized…
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