WASHINGTON Vietnam veteran Allen Hoe came to Washington for Memorial Day to speak at the wall built for his fallen comrades, and by chance made a remarkable discovery.
He found the nurse who held his son as he died in Iraq.
Hoe told the crowd that a few hours earlier, he'd stopped by the memorial built for Vietnam nurses. He met a woman who looked at the button he was wearing that bore a picture of his son, and she recognized him. She told him that she was an Army nurse and had held his son, First Lieutenant Nainoa (ny-ee-NOH'-ah) Hoe, as he died in Iraq. He was shot by a sniper in January while on foot patrol in Mosul.
He introduced the Army trauma nurse and said thank-you as part of his prepared remarks. [...]
Vietnam vet finds nurse by chance who held his dying son in Iraq
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WASHINGTON Vietnam veteran Allen Hoe came to Washington for Memorial Day to speak at the wall built for his fallen comrades, and by chance made a remarkable discovery.
He found the nurse who held his son as he died in Iraq.
Hoe told the crowd that a few hours earlier, he'd stopped by the memorial built for Vietnam nurses. He met a woman who looked at the button he was wearing that bore a picture of his son, and she recognized him. She told him that she was an Army nurse and had held his son, First Lieutenant Nainoa (ny-ee-NOH'-ah) Hoe, as he died in Iraq. He was shot by a sniper in January while on foot patrol in Mosul.
He introduced the Army trauma nurse and said thank-you as part of his prepared remarks. [...]Related Article:
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