Women were allowed in the US Military commencing with the establishment of the WACs and WAVEs in 1940/41 and ending with the Vietnam War in 1975; at which time the WACs, WAVEs, and WAFs were disbanded.
WACs/WAFs/WAVES/etc. were not considered part of the US fighting forces, but rather auxiliaries.
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.
alot of women died in the Vietnam war died
The soldiers there kind of stayed and married women there and they gave birth to vietnam-americans.
Yes. Vietnam was a French colony. They lost a Vietnam War and were thrown out of Vietnam before America tried to win a war in Vietnam. America also lost a Vietnam War.
Unlikely.
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
Cold war.
It was the Women's Anti-War Movement in Australia that was both anti Vietnam War but also anti conscription.
The names of the 58,000 American men and women who died in the Vietnam War.
The Vietnam War was fought with a traditional American military; as with WW2 and the Korean War before it, with women serving as nurses. Those past wars were fought with women in the WAC's, WAVEs, WAFs, and WMs (Womens Army Corps, Women Allowed in the Navy for Voluntary Emergency Service, Women in the Air Force, and Women Marines). In 1975, to make room for the ALL VOLUNTEER military, those women "corps" were DISBANDED.
Yes. Before the US committed to the Vietnam War, many Americans had not even heard of Vietnam.