Tom and Nellie Coakley
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Tom and Nellie Coakley are Vietnam veterans. Both served in the Army – Nellie as a combat nurse and Tom as an infantry soldier. Tom was critically wounded, losing his lower left leg. After Nellie returned to the States she served as the head nurse at Walter Reed’s orthopedic and amputee ward for enlisted soldiers. It’s there they met. Nellie has served as a war trauma counselor for 28 years, working with clients from the Korean War and the Vietnam War, as well as from Afghanistan, Iraq, and other peacekeeping missions. Tom has worked with amputees and prosthetic organizations and has taught war topic courses at St. Lawrence University. Both are frequent speakers in high school and college classrooms.
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