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.
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.
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.
He was probably too young to have fought in the war.
The names of the 58,000 American men and women who died in the Vietnam War.
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Conscription.