“Storytelling is at the core of all human connection.” ~ Kristin Hannah Kristin Hannah with Diane Carlson Evans In her own words, Diane Carlson Evans is “an advocate for nurses and women who have served in war.” This is an understatement. Evans, born and raised on a dairy farm in rural Minnesota, served as a nurse in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. She is the Founder of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Foundation (formerly the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Project), and former President and CEO of the Board of Directors. ( Read more HERE .) According to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund website: There are eight women, all nurses, whose names appear on The Wall. Of the 265,000 women who served during Vietnam, nearly 10,000 military women served in-country during the conflict. Barred from combat, these women served in health care, communications, intelligence, and administrative positions. Civilian women served as foreign correspondents for news agencies, worke...