Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,973 - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,973 - Lawyers, Guns & Money

This is the grave of Lynda Van Devanter. Born in 1947 in Washington, D.C., Van Devanter grew up in a conservative Catholic household that put a lot of emphasis on the military. So, being perhaps a bit more adventurous than her parents expected or maybe had hoped, she decided to join the military as a nurse. That meant Vietnam. She had just graduated from a nursing school in Pittsburgh–this was before nurses were usually expected to have four-yea…