"For What its worth"
As for Lynne, she returned to the medical field an became an emergency room nurse. She settled in Montrose, Colorado. After her retirement, she would continue to serve as a volunteer nurse in the free clinics. She became a member of the Army National Guard and became the first woman in the Colorado National Guard to Command a medical unit and obtained the rank of major. Lynne dedicated her life to the service of others.
Lynne Morgan Ruyle was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, possibly from chemicals she was exposed to in Vietnam and passed away as a result in 2012.
Today, the Vietnam memorial stands below ground as to symbolize a healing wound that the nation is still recovering from. With 52,320 names etched into the monument, and eight women are represented within its black granite side.
On Veterans day 1993, the Vietnam Women’s Memorial was dedicated. Controversy not only surrounding the war, and the monument, still rings loudly over the forgotten veteran’s legacy. The Vietnam War may have ended in the 1970s, but the wounds of the war for some of the surviving members still bleeds today.
