ALL women who served in Vietnam were
volunteers, whether civilian or military. At one time there was discussion
about drafting women nurses, but this was never implemented. Some women
military asked to go to Vietnam, and some were sent against their wishes and
even against recruiter's promises, but all were volunteers because they
voluntarily signed up for the military.
The Vietnam
Women's Memorial in DC is not The Vietnam Nurse's
Memorial. Don't listen to the tour guides! <g> It is a
memorial to all women who served in
Vietnam.
- Diane Carlson Evans, a former Army
nurse who served in Vietnam, is the founder and chair of the Vietnam Women's
Memorial Project. She became the first woman in American history to
spearhead a campaign to place a national monument in Washington, DC which
recognizes the contributions of military women to their country, as well as
civilian women's patriotic service
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Emily's Poem
"Women's Memorial"
these three sisters are one
A circle portrayed by individual snapshots in time
of a past which ultimately bonds forever
we who served
the caring, brave and sometimes fragile women of war
read the entire poem |
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If
China Beach brought you here . . .
read "Citizen Jane: China Beach, the Vietnam Women’s Memorial, and U.S. Popular Memory" by Kim
Heikkila
- " It
was early in 1989 when Diane Evans received a phone call from a China
Beach writer asking for her help in responding to the complaints they had
been receiving from women veterans unhappy with the show’s female characters. "
| Incountry
Women (ICW) |
ICW: an email discussion group for many women who served in Vietnam. |
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"We went to a foreign
country in service of our country...we gave aid and encouragement to a whole segment of
our brothers/sisters...we survived a war...we are noble...we are brave...we are
adventurous...we are an active part of world history...we are interesting...we have lived
such exciting lives...we have gone far beyond the boundaries allowed to most of our
sisters...
we did it together...and we still have each other."
Patricia "Mama-san" Brimeyer
Army Service Clubs, VN '68 |
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My Vietnam Related Websites:
Women in Vietnam
~ Not only nurses served . . .
Dusty's Home Page
~ Poetry and prose by a woman who was a nurse in Vietnam
Emily's
Poetry ~ By a Red Cross Donut Dolly
Battle Dressing ~ The Journey of a Nurse in Vietnam
Tim O'Brien's Home Page
~ National Book Award Winner and Americal Vet
Shrapnel in the Heart
~ The most moving book you will read on Vietnam
The
Irish on the Wall ~ An effort to locate the Irish who died in Vietnam
Project
Hearts and Minds ~ Help put Viet Nam back together
All About Vietnam
~ An annotated bibliography of books about Vietnam for sale thru Amazon
Worldwide!
Photos from a Holts' Military History Tour
~ My trip to
Vietnam, February 1998
My Other Websites:
Chicago
Theatre Z - A ~ This is the best theater town in the country!
Literature
of the Korean War ~ Don't let the literature be forgotten
Poetry
of the First World War ~ Owen, Hardy and others
Samuel
Pepys ~ One of my favorite authors
Gil
Thorp ~ THE Coach
Maybe
Later . . . ~ My Creative Nonfiction
Chi-COW-go
~ Cowz plus Commentary (this used to be a cow town)
Graham
Fulton, Scottish Poet ~ Charles Manson Auditions for the Monkees
Soccer
Literature ~ I'm a fan and I read
O'Leary
Lantern ~ Fire! Fire! Fire!
Other Important Websites:
Remember
Oklahoma City ~ Civil Service and Military Employees will never forget
Women
in Vietnam
