"That was the first night that my own mortality really hit me. That was the last and only night I cried." (Audio Interview, 37:07)

Wendy Marie Wamsley Taines

Wendy Wamsley Taines, Fort Dix, NJ [1989] War: Persian Gulf War, 1990-1995 Branch: Army Unit: 15th Evacuation Hospital Service Location: Fort Dix, New Jersey; San Antonio, Texas; Fort Polk, Louisiana; Saudi Arabia Rank: Corporal Place of Birth: South Bend, IN

In 1989, Wendy Wamsley was a troubled 17-year-old high school student with bad grades and an attitude to match. When her policeman father informed her she was joining the Army—or she was moving out of the house—she agreed to enlist. What she couldn't have anticipated was a tour of duty as a medic during the Persian Gulf War, an experience which definitely provided her with an attitude adjustment.