U.S. Navy Nurse Corps veteran Carolyn Kirkland can best be described as a “firecracker.” At the age of 88, she still fits into the uniform she last wore in 1977 and has more energy than most people a quarter of her age. Always dressed impeccably in coordinated...
When Carolyn Kirkland was a Navy nurse on an amputee ward, she often had to lift her patients in and out of bed, arduous work that ultimately led her to need back surgery in her early 30s. But when she remembers that time, she doesn’t remember the hard work or the...