This was the age of traditional armies; political correctness had not taken hold of armies back then; the communists used females to man anti-aircraft sites (AAA sites) in North Vietnam while their men marched south to fight. They used women to carry supplies, administer medical support, and repair support. US and allied armies utilized females primarily in the medical fields. In US organizations, US females were always VOLUNTEERS.
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∙ 13y agoUS Civil War, Spanish-American War, WW1, WW2, the Korean War, Vietnam War, only men fought wars. US Military women were part of the US Army's WAC's (Women's Army Corps); US Marines WM (Women Marines), US Air Force WAF's (Women in the Air Force), and the US Navy's WAVE's (Women Allowed Voluntary Emergency).
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∙ 16y agoAbout 11,000 women served in Vietnam. Eight were killed and they were all nurses, seven from the Army and one from the Air Force.
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∙ 15y agoSee: Statistics About the Vietnam War. Recommended by the History Channel.
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∙ 15y agoEight US Military Nurses died in Vietnam: 7 from accidents, 1 from a communist rocket, when it struck her medical facility.
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∙ 15y agoAs in WW2 and the Korean War, Women primarily served as nurses during the Vietnam War.
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∙ 10y agoWomen volunteered for the military, and in most cases, volunteered for Vietnam; nearly all served as nurses.
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∙ 11y agoas nurses
The statue represents the US Military Nurses that served in the Vietnam War. The roles of women during the Vietnam War, were the same as portrayed during the Korean War (see films: MASH), WWII, and World War I.
He was probably too young to have fought in the war.
8 US Nurses died in Vietnam, all but one from accidents.
The Women's Army Corps was a place where women could serve during World War II.
No women didn't serve in the military on either side. There were women who were nurses and one or two disguised themselves as men and fought.
alot of women died in the Vietnam war died
If it's not on his discharge papers, he didn't serve.
YEP.
The soldiers there kind of stayed and married women there and they gave birth to vietnam-americans.
The statue represents the US Military Nurses that served in the Vietnam War. The roles of women during the Vietnam War, were the same as portrayed during the Korean War (see films: MASH), WWII, and World War I.
Vietnam The Soldier's Story - 1998 Women at War was released on: USA: 7 February 2000
It was the Women's Anti-War Movement in Australia that was both anti Vietnam War but also anti conscription.
He was probably too young to have fought in the war.
During the Vietnam War, in the US military, women were part of the WAC's (Women's Army Corps) in the US Army. The US Navy had the WAVE's.
The names of the 58,000 American men and women who died in the Vietnam War.
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Conscription.