San Francisco Antiwar Rally
911 Speakout in UN Plaza
11 September 2004

Lily Adams

Ms. Adams, from Veterans for Peace, served as nurse in the Vietnam War. She spoke as a mother and a military nurse about the wounded in the current War on Terror. She talked about the terrible effects on both soldiers and the staff that cares for them. She describes the restrictions on health care for veterans caused by budget cutbacks as war expenses soak up precious resources. Continuing medical care for the severely disabled is pushed onto military families. The sacrifice of injury is multiplied by the dismissal of wounded soldiers from public care and continuing sacrifice required of their families.