(KVEO) - A dedicated nurse who served in Vietnam and later in Texas, Janet Speck has spent her career helping others, from treating soldiers in war zones to delivering babies in local hospitals. Speck attended Baylor University and joined a military program that funded her nursing education in exchange for a three-year service commitment. She served in Vietnam alongside her former husband, an Army pilot, where she worked long hours treating patients. "It was the biggest blessing of my life to be able to make a good income doing something that I loved and I felt like I was good at and I helped my patients," Speck said about her career. While in Vietnam, Speck was stationed on a medical floor, working night shifts and treating a variety of medical conditions, including tropical diseases and snake bites. Occasionally, she was sent to the emergency room, where she faced some of her most challenging experiences, such as comforting severely injured soldiers. After a year in Vietnam, Speck requested a transfer to Georgia to pursue her interest in obstetrics. Not only was her transfer approved, but she also received a promotion to head the OB department, despite having no prior experience in that field. Following her five-year service in the Army, Speck returned to Texas, where she worked as a labor and delivery nurse for over 40 years across four different hospitals. Her dedication to nursing and her patients left a lasting impact on the community. In her retirement, Speck remains active as the only female member of the Vietnam Veterans of America and Veterans of Foreign Wars in her area. She hopes to inspire young girls with her story of service and dedication. All facts in this report were gathered by journalists employed by Nexstar. Artificial intelligence tools were used to reformat from a broadcast script into a news article for our website. This report was edited and fact-checked by Nexstar staff before being published