What were the roles of American women during the Vietnam war?

Answer 1

Mostly nurses, all volunteers, and part of the WACs, WAFs, and WAVES. Those latter units were disbanded in 1975 at war's end, and the new all volunteer equal-opportunity military took their place.

As women are historically prohibited from combat, they served in various non-combat roles, including doctors, nurses, mechanics, training officers, transport pilots (non-war zone) and numerous administrative positions in both military and government positions.

Answer 2

I will speak only of what I saw in Vietnam. I fought with the Marines from 1968 to 1969 and my observations are based on the northern part of South Vietnam, from just south of Danang to the DMZ. There may be some regional differences so my answer is only for this area. I saw two distinct lives for Vietnamese women. Either they lived in the city or they lived in villages out in the country side. Those that lived in the city seemed to be divided into two: 1. those that had jobs in the city and biked to work every day to an office or other site. They wore white and were always well dressed and groomed. and 2. those that sold small items along the sides of the roads in markets and small stands. They were usually dressed more poorly, as though they had come from a village to this spot to sell their wares. They sat there all day. I can't say whether they sold anything or not, but there were thousands of them lining all the streets of the major cities Danang, Hue etc. By the way, I saw women working in the construction industry also. Although not a lot of them, they were common day laborers and were hauling cement up ramps to buildings by wheelbarrow. Those that lived in the country worked mostly in the rice paddies all day long. They spent their day bent over either planting during the planting season or gathering during the harvest.

Answer 3

Women were not in positions to engage in combat directly. Almost all the women in the military in South East Asia were in administrative or medical positions. There were also civilian women in South East Asia that worked with the USO or the American Red Cross for example. Some women were reporters or journalists. Others were teachers, or humanitarian workers. Sometimes women were in places that were attacked by the enemy.

Answer 4

women played a vry crucial role in th anti imperial struggle in vietnam. womn who rebeled against social convenctions were idealisd nd rebel womn of th pst were like wise celebrtd. trieu au ws a popular figure in nationalist tales. in 1960s womn were represntd as brave soldiers , constructng undrground tunnels nd fightng th enemy. interestngly b/w 1965 nd 1975,70.80% of th youth working on th Ho Chi Minh trail were women didnt play a dynamic role in nationalist nd struggle of India against Great Britain.

Answer 5

US Army women served in the Women's Army Corps (WAC's) which was disbanded in 1975, with the incoming of the "ALL VOLUNTEER" military.