Sarah L. Blum | Women Under Fire

Visibility of Women Veterans

by Sarah L. Blum | Aug 6, 2013 | blog

Invisibility of Women Veterans Women have been serving our country since its earliest beginnings. During the revolutionary war, Margaret Corbin took over her husband’s gun position and was wounded and disabled for life. Women were not allowed to be in the military...

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by Sarah L. Blum | Jul 14, 2013 | blog

Military Sexual Trauma is any sexual abuse experienced in the military from sexual harassment, sexual assault, to rape. It is a personal and sexual boundary violation, which affects the victim emotionally, physically and spiritually. The victim (I will now refer to...

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by Sarah L. Blum | Jul 3, 2013 | blog

July 1, 2013 There is a new voice in the world, shining a bright light on the culture of abuse toward women in the U.S. Military. It is mine, Sarah L. Blum, and you are going to be hearing from me often for a while. I am a nurse Vietnam veteran and began...

Some people still believe that no American women served in Vietnam during that war. They are wrong. Sarah Blum describes in graphic and shocking detail her experiences as an Army operating room nurse at the 12^th Evacuation Hospital in Cu Chi, reputed to be the busiest combat hospital in Vietnam in 1967. She shares the life-shattering experiences that drove her down into the madness of PTSD. I well recall when she ran through the hospital screaming, “Kill! Kill, Kill!” Neither she nor her colleagues understood what was happening to her at that time. When she returned home, she devoted her life to seeking answers. She offers a wealth of information in this book, as well as myriad resources to help PTSD sufferers deal with their anguish and move on with their lives." − Dr. Beth Parks, former Army operating room nurse, 7th Surgical Hospital (MASH) and 12^th Evacuation Hospital, Cu Chi, Vietnam, 1966-67