The sentiment shared here, this license tag seen in Boise, Idaho, is what you experience in Washington, DC near The Vietnam Wall, where the Vietnam Women's Memorial, sculpted by Glenna Goodacre, must be seen to be appreciated. The history of nurses in service to our military dates back to the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. However, it was not until the Civil War when nursing became an organized, integral part of our military. It was then that our government officially recruited women to serve as nurses, with prominent figures like Clara Barton emerging, later founding the American Red Cross. Twenty thousand nurses would serve in WWI, with 70,000 in WWII. The Korean War saw the implementation of mobile surgical hospitals, with nurses serving on ships and hospital trains. It is estimated that 59,000 nurses served in Korea and 11,000 in Vietnam. Nearly 6000 nurses have served in the Afghanistan/Iraq conflicts. With the current high-tech nature of our conflicts, flight nurses have become instrumental in dealing with the care of our military members.