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This is a memorial dedicated to the women of the United States who served in the Vietnam War, most of whom were nurses. It serves as a reminder of the importance of women in the conflict. It depicts three uniformed women with a wounded soldier. It is part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and is located on National Mall in Washington D.C.

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Donut Dollies" were young women with college degrees who spent a one-year tour in country as morale boosters for American troops. Their biggest tasks was making and serving doughnuts to the servicemen, these volunteers were the actual stars of the show. They provided a little touch of home to the soldiers.

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Captain Klinker was a flight nurse-assigned to the 10th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. She was taking care of hundreds of Vietnamese orphans when the plane she was on crashed. This happened on April 4th, 1975 near Saigon. The plane was on a mission for Operation Babylift, which was going to place thousands of Vietnamese orphans with homes in the United States.

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Women were barred from combat, military women served in health care, communications, intelligence and administrative positions. During this time in history, women were not seen as equal as men so they were not considered for combat. One reason is because of the guerrilla tactics, many women were right in the middle of the fighting and conflict. There was no front, no such thing as "safe behind our lines."

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Eleanor enlisted in the Army and served during the Vietnam War. She began her tour on June 6, 1967. She had the rank of Captain and worked as a nurse. On November 30, 1967 she was a passenger on the US Air Force C-7B. They hit a mountain about 5 miles south of Qui Nhon after they missed their approach in bad weather. This was a terrible accident, with 26 people killed in the crash. Four crewmen, two Air Force passengers, 18 US Army personnel, and two US civilians.

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Five Navy nurses received the Purple Heart after being injured in a 1964 Saigon bombing on Christmas Eve. They became the first female members of the U.S. military to receive the Purple Heart in Vietnam. In 1967 Captain Eleanor Grace Alexander and First Lieutenant Hedwig Diane Orlowski were awarded the Bronze Star after perishing in a plane crash. First Lieutenant Sharon Ann Lane, who was awarded the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross and the Bronze Star for Heroism. She died from wounds following a 1969 rocket attack on where she was working and was the only U.S. servicewoman killed as a direct result of enemy fire.

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Women who volunteered as civilians to help our country win the war. The number of those who volunteered is unknown but the number was fairly large. Many of them worked on behalf of the American Red Cross, Army Special Services, United Service Organizations, Peace Corps and religious groups. Other American women traveled to Vietnam as foreign correspondents for news organizations, including Georgette “Dickey” Chappelle, a writer for the National Observer who was killed  while on patrol with U.S. Marines outside Chu Lai in 1965.

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Army Nurse Corps arrived in Vietnam as early as 1956, when they were tasked with primarily training the South Vietnamese women in nursing skills. Army nurses volunteered for many different reasons. Many felt it was their patriotic duty; others thought of Vietnam as an adventure. One nurse veteran remarked: “We aren’t angels, We are simply members of the nursing profession who have seen the need in Vietnam and are here to do our part.”

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Vietnam Women’s Memorial Foundation estimates that approximately 11,000 military women were stationed in Vietnam during the conflict. Many passed from plane crashes, disease, and other accidents that associate with war.

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They served as soldiers, health workers, and in news-gathering capacities. Women also were apart of the Women’s Army Corps, U.S. Navy, Air Force and Marines and the Army Medical Specialist Corps.