Pat Upah tells us how she ended up as a nurse in Vietnam, only to find herself working in a hospital surrounded by the enemy. As bombs explode around the hospital, nurses strive to keep the wounded safe and calm, fully aware that it may only be a matter of time before the Viet Cong overrun them. What would you do with wounded patients in your care, with nowhere to go, as the enemy closes in, threatening to overrun the hospital and capture or kill everyone inside?
Up Next in Patriot Plates Season 1
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S1E4-Scott Huesing
Major Scott Huesing (Ret.) tells us about his decision to join the Marines and the connections we all make and have with each other as soldiers, family, and those who support our military. As a Marine commander during the "Surge" in Ramadi, with hundreds of combat missions under his belt, he desc...
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S1E5-Chad Doty
Staff Sergeant Doty had a deep love for the Marine Corps and a passion for training Marines in combat and martial arts. After training nearly 50,000 Marines, there's nothing more rewarding than having one return after deployment to thank him.
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S1E6-Ray Snyder
Ray Snyder joined the military and was sent to school to be placed on the Manhattan Project. The Manhattan Project was the group responsible for learning about and testing the military’s new devastating weapon, the atomic bomb. Mr. Synder was in the Marshall Islands when some of the first tests w...