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Nurse Helen Fairchild: Killed in Action?

Name: Nurse Helen Fairchild: Killed in Action?
Director: Eliciana Nascimento
Genre: War, Documentary
Released: 2018-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z
Duration: 12 min
Cast: Nelle Rote, Christine Hallett

“While others hid the horrors of war, her letters home confronted them head-on, revealing the brutal truth with unflinching honesty.”

201812mWarDocumentary

Overview

Bravery, compassion and the will to save lives motivated the young Nurse Helen Fairchild to leave home in Pennsylvania and embark on a journey to Europe, where she served as a surgical nurse during World War I before dying on the front lines.

#nurse #world war i #us army #veteran #mustard gas #battle of passchendaele #third battle of ypres #casualty clearing station