Helen Hegelheimer was in her early twenties when she decided to become an airline stewardess. Her love of aviation and sense of patriotism motivated her to sign up to be a stewardess for World Airways, an airline commissioned by the US government to fly troops in and out of Vietnam. “[Upon arrival to the states], the very worst thing I’ve ever done in my life is answer the question, ‘Do we need to get out of our uniforms?’ The second hardest was saying goodbye to [troops] at the top of the ramp in Vietnam.” Hegelheimer reflects on her PTSD from bringing boys to war, bringing them home to unsupportive families and a dismissive country, and her involvement with the Women’s Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C..