Oregon Daily
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1991
EUGENE, OREGON
VOLUME 93, ISSUE 54
Veterans look back, reflect on wartime years
Former nurse
still confronts
her past daily
By Rene DeC.air
■ A . „ ic.nte I Ct U*
Whf'li K ilhv (unison was ~4.
slii> (raveled halhvav around
the world in scan h of fun anil
parties
I w anted ext itemonl. ad ven
ture and travel 1 got all three."
(unison said of her stuv m Vmt
II.III1 '(But) it vsas an expensive
trij) emotionally
In 1W70, dunson spent a year
In Vietnam as a first lieutenant
Army nurse working in the
emergent v room at the ttfith
I.vat nation Hospital at I’hu Bal
She was responsible for stain
ll/ing wounded soldiers flown
in by belli opter so lliey could
he sent to a hospital in Guam or
the Philippines
"I culled them smoking." she
said, liecatrse they were fresh
off tile fields
And now at age *14, (unison
saiti she sometimes still feels
she is paying emotionally for
her stint there As time passes,
however, the memories and the
pain dim, she said
"I don't want it to he com
pletoly gone," she saiti "1 need
enough (memories) to lie able
to speak up anti speak out I
don't want to forgot the men I
feel if I would have forgotten
..
Don Moore, who served in World War II, observes Veterans Day in Irani ol the Veterans of Foreign Wars
building in Eugene About 100 people turned out for the ceremony on Monday as veterans around the
state and nation marked the holiday
them, they literally would have
lost their lives for nothing "
Speaking in an interview a
day before Veterans Day. dun
son talked frankly about her
feelings about women in the
military, the dull war and the
media's portrayal of Vietnam
she said she has not seen di
rector Oliver Stone's movie on
Vietnam, Horn on the Fourth a I
July, because it would be too
difficult to watch Movies try to
educate the public about the
Vietnam War, but they often
fall short, she said, because
they rely on only the visual and
the audible
To get ,i true understanding
of ihr war, she said, people
need It) lout h, to feel the heal
itnd Ihe cold, to smell the
blood, the gunpowder, exhaust
and c.(N>king that were .t part of
Vietnam
(lunson does not like to
watch tfo TV show China
Unit h because it is an unrealis
to portrayal of war, she said
Hut she can wati h M'A'S'H
liecause It deals with people's
feelings during war And. she
said, tier friends were a lot like
the i harm ters in the show
"We were just as bizarre .is
they were,” she said 'Vietnam
was so surrealistic, !ik.i’ taring
dm a bad I .SI) trip
They needed normalcy. so
that normalcy took the shape
of insanity." such as the time
sire anil a friend got married in
a mix k wedding In a har. just
!d relieve some boredom
Or tile limes, she said, when
the nurses and do< tors would
get drunk and jump off the roof
into i iri ular i anvas water tanks
unlv five feet deep ()r tfiev
would sta\ up all night making
eggnog jusl lor the fun of it
She learned a lot about hie
Turn to VIETNAM. Page 3
Film draws out
war memories,
understanding
By Rene DeCa<r
! " ••'.i' ! A;,sonata editor
A philosopher and anti
war ailivist showed up at
nnit of several Oregon Voter
arts Dav events Monday to
try and heal the wounds In
flit ted bv her Vietnam War
protests ol tw o din ados ago
At an evening showing in
Lugene of tie- movie (.‘ease
l'tn\ several people turned
up for different reasons to
view the him and discuss
the Vietnam War
Clergy and Laity Con
cerned. an antiwar group,
sponsored the film's show
ing In it, e< tor Don Johnson
portrays a veteran with post
Irautnalu stress disorder
Laid Koherls. an Oregon
State University philosophy
leather, said viewing the
film and discussing issues
with veterans is a way for
her Io inake peat e with
those lor whom she lists! to
have little respei (
I never spit on veterans,
but I had it in tnv heart." she
said Now, Koherls said,
with a more mature view ol
the war, she realizes the sol
diets were the victims of
I urn to FILM Pugu 3
Steppin’ up
Eh Alois/. 10. makes a quick break up a tree in front
of the EMU on Monday
Photo by Jeff Paslay
Health center supplies flu shots
designed to prevent flu-time blues
Vaccination cost
is low for staff
and students
By Colleen Pohlig
Emerald Reporter
Flu season is right around the
corner, and a quit k shot in the
arm could prevent the dreaded
flu-time blues for the season,
at least
Flu shots are being adminis
tered at the Student Health
Center for students and staff
who want to get a head start on
avoiding the flu season that, in
this area, is primarily in I)e
( ember and Junuary, said Judy
Moffett, nursing director at the
health center
"1'he closer to flu season it is,
the better < bailee you have of
being protected against getting
the flu.' Moffett said
Students are already getting a
jump on the vaccination, as 150
students and 106 staff members
have taken advantage of the in
expensive shot The cost for
students is S i 50 and S-l for
staff
() in- shot r ml u cn s y o ti r
i ham c ol getting llic flu fur one
season only
Moffett said 11 i.iI ol the poo
pic who have been van Inalotl
ibis year, none has reported
side effects
The closer to flu
season it is, the
better chance you
have of being
protected against
getting the flufif
you are
vaccinated).’
Judy Moffett
Student t ioatth Center
nursing director
' No side offer ts have been
reported so lar, whit h is good
because that means people
have either had minimal or no
side effei ts to the shot," Moffett
said " This is good because
years before, there used to be
terrible side effects
Those wanting in he vucci
noted should go die health
center Wednesdays, Thursdays
•mii I'ndiiys between H .mil ‘i
,i mi . Moffett said If this time
won't work for sonic, the health
i enter will ,i< i oinrnoii.ile them,
she said
Pregnant women and those
highly allergic to eggs should
idler k with their physicians he
tore receiving the shot Also,
those who .ire sic k or have a fe
ver should wait until they are
well to tie v ac ciliated
people who have i ert.iin ill
nesses should have the vacr me
to prevent Im i liming more ill,
Moflett said These are adults
and children with long term
heart and/or lung problems,
people with cancer, Immuno
logical disorders or i hrnnic dis
eases
Also, those who work with
the community in some way,
sm h as the ruedir al profession,
should lie vaccinated, Moffett
said
A consent form must tie
signed at the health center tie
fore the var c motion is given