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Maine nurses have served tirelessly as caregivers and partners in healing at home and in a foreign country, from hospitals to battlefields. The Division of Public Health Nursing and Kid Hygiene used to be established in 1920 to combat prime rates of infant mortality in Washington and Aroostook Counties. All over the Vietnam War, Maine nurses helped build the Twelfth Evacuation Hospital at Cu Chi and bravely assisted surgeries in the course of fighting. Within the early 1980s, nurse disease prevention educators in Portland rose to the challenge of combating the growing AIDS epidemic. Via historical anecdotes and engaging oral histories, discover the exceptional sacrifices and achievements of Maine’s nurses.